Zigong climate

Name: Zigong
Address: CN

Zigong is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.5 °C. July is the wettest month (240 mm) and January the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zigong averages 1,099 mm of rain, 143 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

China · population 1,262,064 · 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 4.5 °C
Driest month January 23 mm
Wettest month July 240 mm
Least cloud August 71 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -2.7 °C

What to expectZigong through the year

Zigong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 240 mm against 23 mm in January — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.9 °C	23 mm	78 %
February	13.5 °C	26 mm	78 %
March	18.1 °C	42 mm	77 %
April	23.4 °C	70 mm	76 %
May	26.9 °C	94 mm	75 %
June	28.9 °C	158 mm	79 %
July	30.9 °C	240 mm	76 %
August	30.7 °C	206 mm	71 %
September	26.6 °C	115 mm	74 %
October	21.3 °C	65 mm	81 %
November	17.1 °C	36 mm	76 %
December	12.0 °C	23 mm	78 %

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	10.9 °C	4.5 °C	7.8 °C	18.9 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	1
February	13.5 °C	6.3 °C	10.1 °C	25.3 °C	-1.0 °C	0	0	0
March	18.1 °C	9.8 °C	14.1 °C	32.2 °C	1.3 °C	2	0	0
April	23.4 °C	14.7 °C	19.0 °C	34.8 °C	5.7 °C	12	2	0
May	26.9 °C	18.7 °C	22.6 °C	37.0 °C	8.8 °C	21	7	0
June	28.9 °C	21.7 °C	25.2 °C	38.2 °C	15.0 °C	26	12	0
July	30.9 °C	23.8 °C	27.1 °C	39.1 °C	17.8 °C	30	20	0
August	30.7 °C	23.6 °C	26.9 °C	40.7 °C	17.5 °C	29	19	0
September	26.6 °C	20.1 °C	23.2 °C	40.3 °C	13.5 °C	19	5	0
October	21.3 °C	15.7 °C	18.4 °C	31.0 °C	8.3 °C	5	0	0
November	17.1 °C	11.0 °C	14.0 °C	25.6 °C	2.0 °C	0	0	0
December	12.0 °C	6.1 °C	9.2 °C	18.8 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	7	10 h/day	78 %	77 %	8.9 km/h
February	26 mm	7	11 h/day	78 %	76 %	9.5 km/h
March	42 mm	9	12 h/day	77 %	73 %	11 km/h
April	70 mm	11	13 h/day	76 %	72 %	12 km/h
May	94 mm	13	14 h/day	75 %	70 %	12 km/h
June	158 mm	16	14 h/day	79 %	77 %	11 km/h
July	240 mm	20	14 h/day	76 %	81 %	11 km/h
August	206 mm	19	13 h/day	71 %	80 %	11 km/h
September	115 mm	15	12 h/day	74 %	80 %	10 km/h
October	65 mm	13	11 h/day	81 %	81 %	9.3 km/h
November	36 mm	8	11 h/day	76 %	78 %	9.2 km/h
December	23 mm	7	10 h/day	78 %	77 %	8.9 km/h

How Zigong 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
Zigong	31 °C	4.5 °C	1,099 mm	143
Neijiang · China	31 °C	4.1 °C	1,044 mm	140
Yibin · China	31 °C	5.1 °C	1,151 mm	139
Changyuan · China	31 °C	4.8 °C	1,162 mm	141
Luzhou · China	32 °C	5.5 °C	1,166 mm	145
Ziyang · China	30 °C	3.6 °C	1,058 mm	141
Leshan · China	30 °C	3.9 °C	1,239 mm	135

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zigong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zigong?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zigong get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zigong?

July, averaging 240 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is January with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,099 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 Zigong 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: 29.342°, 104.777° (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.