Zhuzhou climate

Name: Zhuzhou
Address: CN

Zhuzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.8 °C. June is the wettest month (317 mm) and December the driest (56 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhuzhou averages 1,852 mm of rain, 167 days above 25 °C and 12 days below freezing.

China · population 1,129,687 · 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 2.8 °C
Driest month December 56 mm
Wettest month June 317 mm
Least cloud October 54 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -9.6 °C

What to expectZhuzhou through the year

Zhuzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 167 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 12 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 317 mm against 56 mm in December — 5.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.1 °C	83 mm	69 %
February	12.8 °C	102 mm	72 %
March	16.8 °C	206 mm	75 %
April	22.8 °C	268 mm	74 %
May	26.9 °C	284 mm	72 %
June	29.7 °C	317 mm	79 %
July	33.2 °C	167 mm	71 %
August	32.8 °C	135 mm	64 %
September	29.3 °C	82 mm	57 %
October	24.3 °C	67 mm	54 %
November	18.2 °C	86 mm	55 %
December	12.5 °C	56 mm	55 %

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	10.1 °C	2.8 °C	6.6 °C	27.0 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	7
February	12.8 °C	5.2 °C	9.1 °C	29.1 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
March	16.8 °C	9.2 °C	13.0 °C	30.8 °C	-2.1 °C	3	0	0
April	22.8 °C	15.0 °C	18.7 °C	32.8 °C	2.0 °C	11	1	0
May	26.9 °C	19.5 °C	23.0 °C	34.3 °C	9.2 °C	22	7	0
June	29.7 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	36.0 °C	16.5 °C	27	16	0
July	33.2 °C	26.5 °C	29.5 °C	40.0 °C	19.2 °C	31	26	0
August	32.8 °C	25.8 °C	29.0 °C	42.0 °C	18.8 °C	30	25	0
September	29.3 °C	21.7 °C	25.2 °C	39.0 °C	13.2 °C	25	14	0
October	24.3 °C	16.2 °C	20.0 °C	35.7 °C	6.7 °C	15	3	0
November	18.2 °C	10.1 °C	14.1 °C	32.2 °C	-0.8 °C	3	0	0
December	12.5 °C	4.4 °C	8.5 °C	24.2 °C	-9.6 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	83 mm	12	11 h/day	69 %	77 %	12 km/h
February	102 mm	13	11 h/day	72 %	78 %	13 km/h
March	206 mm	18	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	13 km/h
April	268 mm	18	13 h/day	74 %	80 %	14 km/h
May	284 mm	17	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	13 km/h
June	317 mm	18	14 h/day	79 %	82 %	13 km/h
July	167 mm	13	14 h/day	71 %	74 %	15 km/h
August	135 mm	14	13 h/day	64 %	75 %	13 km/h
September	82 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	75 %	12 km/h
October	67 mm	8	12 h/day	54 %	72 %	12 km/h
November	86 mm	9	11 h/day	55 %	75 %	12 km/h
December	56 mm	8	10 h/day	55 %	74 %	12 km/h

How Zhuzhou 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
Zhuzhou	33 °C	2.8 °C	1,852 mm	167
Xiangtan · China	33 °C	2.5 °C	1,775 mm	164
Changsha · China	33 °C	2.2 °C	1,730 mm	161
Guankou · China	33 °C	2.6 °C	1,923 mm	164
Pingxiang · China	33 °C	2.7 °C	1,904 mm	162
Heshan · China	32 °C	1.7 °C	1,679 mm	148
Loudi · China	32 °C	1.8 °C	1,578 mm	151

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhuzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhuzhou?

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 Zhuzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 93 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 2.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 12 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhuzhou?

June, averaging 317 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 56 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,852 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 Zhuzhou 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: 27.833°, 113.150° (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.