Zhumadian climate

Name: Zhumadian
Address: CN

Zhumadian is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.8 °C. July is the wettest month (204 mm) and December the driest (21 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhumadian averages 949 mm of rain, 143 days above 25 °C and 65 days below freezing.

China · population 721,670 · 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 -2.8 °C
Driest month December 21 mm
Wettest month July 204 mm
Least cloud December 46 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record December -16 °C

What to expectZhumadian through the year

Zhumadian has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.1 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 70 of them reach 30 °C, 65 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 204 mm against 21 mm in December — 9.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.1 °C	22 mm	50 %
February	10.3 °C	28 mm	58 %
March	15.4 °C	52 mm	62 %
April	21.9 °C	56 mm	60 %
May	26.7 °C	90 mm	65 %
June	30.3 °C	142 mm	64 %
July	31.4 °C	204 mm	65 %
August	30.2 °C	150 mm	60 %
September	26.4 °C	83 mm	57 %
October	21.7 °C	58 mm	54 %
November	15.0 °C	43 mm	50 %
December	8.9 °C	21 mm	46 %

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	7.1 °C	-2.8 °C	2.1 °C	22.3 °C	-14.8 °C	0	0	26
February	10.3 °C	-0.1 °C	5.2 °C	25.7 °C	-10.9 °C	0	0	15
March	15.4 °C	5.1 °C	10.3 °C	30.1 °C	-4.9 °C	1	0	3
April	21.9 °C	11.4 °C	16.6 °C	37.1 °C	0.8 °C	8	1	0
May	26.7 °C	16.8 °C	21.7 °C	37.6 °C	6.6 °C	21	7	0
June	30.3 °C	21.2 °C	25.7 °C	39.8 °C	13.6 °C	27	17	0
July	31.4 °C	24.1 °C	27.5 °C	38.5 °C	16.1 °C	30	21	0
August	30.2 °C	23.0 °C	26.4 °C	39.1 °C	13.4 °C	29	18	0
September	26.4 °C	18.2 °C	22.1 °C	36.4 °C	10.4 °C	20	5	0
October	21.7 °C	12.3 °C	16.9 °C	32.8 °C	2.4 °C	7	1	0
November	15.0 °C	5.2 °C	10.0 °C	27.2 °C	-7.4 °C	0	0	2
December	8.9 °C	-0.8 °C	4.0 °C	21.2 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	4	10 h/day	50 %	68 %	14 km/h
February	28 mm	5	11 h/day	58 %	68 %	15 km/h
March	52 mm	7	12 h/day	62 %	67 %	17 km/h
April	56 mm	6	13 h/day	60 %	66 %	18 km/h
May	90 mm	8	14 h/day	65 %	67 %	17 km/h
June	142 mm	8	14 h/day	64 %	71 %	15 km/h
July	204 mm	13	14 h/day	65 %	79 %	15 km/h
August	150 mm	13	13 h/day	60 %	80 %	14 km/h
September	83 mm	8	12 h/day	57 %	74 %	14 km/h
October	58 mm	6	11 h/day	54 %	68 %	14 km/h
November	43 mm	6	10 h/day	50 %	69 %	15 km/h
December	21 mm	4	10.0 h/day	46 %	67 %	15 km/h

How Zhumadian 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
Zhumadian	31 °C	-2.8 °C	949 mm	143
Luohe · China	32 °C	-3.4 °C	854 mm	150
Xinyang · China	31 °C	-2.0 °C	1,120 mm	144
Tanghe · China	31 °C	-2.7 °C	919 mm	148
Xuchang · China	32 °C	-3.7 °C	758 mm	150
Nanyang · China	31 °C	-2.7 °C	896 mm	147
Zaoyang · China	31 °C	-1.7 °C	968 mm	146

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhumadian’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhumadian?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, 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 Zhumadian get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 70 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 65 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhumadian?

July, averaging 204 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 21 mm. The year as a whole averages 949 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 Zhumadian 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
Data point: 32.984°, 114.026° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.