Yongzhou climate

Name: Yongzhou
Address: CN

Yongzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.7 °C. June is the wettest month (260 mm) and December the driest (55 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yongzhou averages 1,523 mm of rain, 169 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

China · population 1,020,715 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 3.7 °C
Driest month December 55 mm
Wettest month June 260 mm
Least cloud December 57 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -11 °C

What to expectYongzhou through the year

Yongzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 169 days a year reach 25 °C, 89 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 260 mm against 55 mm in December — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.5 °C	78 mm	70 %
February	13.2 °C	83 mm	73 %
March	17.0 °C	146 mm	78 %
April	23.0 °C	172 mm	74 %
May	26.8 °C	224 mm	73 %
June	29.5 °C	260 mm	81 %
July	32.7 °C	129 mm	73 %
August	32.5 °C	150 mm	66 %
September	28.9 °C	71 mm	60 %
October	24.2 °C	74 mm	57 %
November	18.4 °C	78 mm	57 %
December	12.9 °C	55 mm	57 %

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	10.5 °C	3.7 °C	7.2 °C	25.6 °C	-7.2 °C	0	0	4
February	13.2 °C	6.0 °C	9.7 °C	29.6 °C	-3.4 °C	1	0	1
March	17.0 °C	9.8 °C	13.4 °C	31.6 °C	-1.0 °C	4	0	0
April	23.0 °C	15.5 °C	19.1 °C	33.2 °C	4.0 °C	12	2	0
May	26.8 °C	19.8 °C	23.1 °C	36.4 °C	11.2 °C	22	7	0
June	29.5 °C	23.3 °C	26.1 °C	35.7 °C	16.7 °C	27	15	0
July	32.7 °C	25.6 °C	28.9 °C	39.9 °C	18.8 °C	30	26	0
August	32.5 °C	25.1 °C	28.5 °C	41.6 °C	18.9 °C	30	24	0
September	28.9 °C	21.6 °C	25.0 °C	37.9 °C	12.4 °C	25	13	0
October	24.2 °C	16.5 °C	20.1 °C	37.7 °C	5.6 °C	14	3	0
November	18.4 °C	10.9 °C	14.5 °C	33.1 °C	0.5 °C	3	0	0
December	12.9 °C	5.4 °C	9.1 °C	25.5 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	78 mm	12	11 h/day	70 %	74 %	12 km/h
February	83 mm	13	11 h/day	73 %	76 %	12 km/h
March	146 mm	18	12 h/day	78 %	79 %	13 km/h
April	172 mm	17	13 h/day	74 %	78 %	14 km/h
May	224 mm	17	13 h/day	73 %	79 %	13 km/h
June	260 mm	17	14 h/day	81 %	81 %	13 km/h
July	129 mm	11	14 h/day	73 %	73 %	15 km/h
August	150 mm	14	13 h/day	66 %	72 %	13 km/h
September	71 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	74 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	70 %	12 km/h
November	78 mm	9	11 h/day	57 %	72 %	11 km/h
December	55 mm	8	10 h/day	57 %	70 %	12 km/h

How Yongzhou 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
Yongzhou	33 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	169
Shaoyang · China	32 °C	2.3 °C	1,512 mm	152
Hengyang · China	33 °C	3.3 °C	1,653 mm	170
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151
Chenzhou · China	33 °C	3.4 °C	1,575 mm	171
Guilin · China	31 °C	5.4 °C	2,186 mm	171
Xiangtan · China	33 °C	2.5 °C	1,775 mm	164

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Yongzhou.

QuestionsCommon questions about Yongzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yongzhou?

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 Yongzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 89 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Yongzhou?

June, averaging 260 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 55 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,523 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 Yongzhou 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: 1 August 2026

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.