Yixing climate
Yixing is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.5 °C. June is the wettest month (277 mm) and December the driest (51 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Yixing averages 1,482 mm of rain, 130 days above 25 °C and 30 days below freezing.
China · population 1,285,785 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 31 °C
- Coldest month January 0.5 °C
- Driest month December 51 mm
- Wettest month June 277 mm
- Least cloud December 49 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 39 °C
- Coldest on record February -15 °C
What to expectYixing through the year
Yixing has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 130 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C, 30 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 277 mm against 51 mm in December — 5.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4 °C | 75 mm | 58 % |
| February | 9.7 °C | 81 mm | 63 % |
| March | 14.2 °C | 116 mm | 68 % |
| April | 20.2 °C | 124 mm | 67 % |
| May | 25.0 °C | 153 mm | 68 % |
| June | 27.7 °C | 277 mm | 77 % |
| July | 31.5 °C | 197 mm | 70 % |
| August | 30.9 °C | 188 mm | 63 % |
| September | 26.9 °C | 92 mm | 58 % |
| October | 21.9 °C | 65 mm | 51 % |
| November | 16.1 °C | 64 mm | 51 % |
| December | 9.7 °C | 51 mm | 49 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4 °C | 0.5 °C | 4.0 °C | 19.4 °C | -12.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| February | 9.7 °C | 2.5 °C | 6.2 °C | 24.1 °C | -15.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 14.2 °C | 6.8 °C | 10.4 °C | 28.1 °C | -4.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 20.2 °C | 12.7 °C | 16.2 °C | 32.7 °C | 1.7 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 25.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.3 °C | 36.2 °C | 9.8 °C | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 27.7 °C | 22.0 °C | 24.7 °C | 36.2 °C | 16.1 °C | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| July | 31.5 °C | 26.0 °C | 28.5 °C | 38.5 °C | 17.4 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| August | 30.9 °C | 25.5 °C | 27.9 °C | 38.9 °C | 17.7 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| September | 26.9 °C | 21.1 °C | 23.8 °C | 36.4 °C | 13.7 °C | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 21.9 °C | 15.4 °C | 18.5 °C | 31.2 °C | 6.6 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 16.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 12.5 °C | 27.7 °C | -3.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 9.7 °C | 2.6 °C | 6.1 °C | 20.4 °C | -8.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 58 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
| February | 81 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 63 % | 75 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 116 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 68 % | 74 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 124 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 67 % | 73 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 153 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 68 % | 75 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 277 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 77 % | 81 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 197 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 70 % | 80 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 188 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 80 % | 16 km/h |
| September | 92 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 79 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 65 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 51 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 64 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 51 % | 75 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 51 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 49 % | 74 % | 15 km/h |
How Yixing compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yixing | 31 °C | 0.5 °C | 1,482 mm | 130 |
| Changzhou · China | 31 °C | -0.5 °C | 1,258 mm | 138 |
| Wuxi · China | 31 °C | 0.05 °C | 1,354 mm | 137 |
| Huzhou · China | 32 °C | 0.8 °C | 1,516 mm | 134 |
| Suzhou · China | 32 °C | 0.8 °C | 1,418 mm | 135 |
| Jiangyin · China | 31 °C | -0.6 °C | 1,254 mm | 137 |
| Changshu · China | 32 °C | -0.2 °C | 1,283 mm | 138 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Yixing.
QuestionsCommon questions about Yixing’s climate
When is the best time to visit Yixing?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Yixing get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 30 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Yixing?
June, averaging 277 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 51 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,482 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Yixing rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.