Zitong climate

Name: Zitong
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Zitong is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.8 °C. July is the wettest month (195 mm) and January the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zitong averages 1,138 mm of rain, 142 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

China · population 212,819 · 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 August 32 °C
Coldest month January 3.8 °C
Driest month January 23 mm
Wettest month July 195 mm
Least cloud August 67 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -4.8 °C

What to expectZitong through the year

Zitong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 142 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 195 mm against 23 mm in January — 8.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.9 °C	23 mm	76 %
February	13.4 °C	27 mm	78 %
March	17.7 °C	54 mm	76 %
April	22.9 °C	90 mm	74 %
May	26.2 °C	122 mm	74 %
June	28.7 °C	175 mm	76 %
July	31.5 °C	195 mm	73 %
August	31.7 °C	163 mm	67 %
September	27.0 °C	120 mm	72 %
October	21.4 °C	91 mm	78 %
November	17.1 °C	51 mm	75 %
December	12.1 °C	28 mm	76 %

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	3.8 °C	7.6 °C	19.1 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	2
February	13.4 °C	5.8 °C	9.8 °C	23.9 °C	-2.7 °C	0	0	0
March	17.7 °C	9.3 °C	13.7 °C	31.7 °C	1.8 °C	2	0	0
April	22.9 °C	14.3 °C	18.6 °C	35.5 °C	4.0 °C	10	1	0
May	26.2 °C	18.2 °C	22.1 °C	37.0 °C	9.0 °C	20	5	0
June	28.7 °C	21.6 °C	25.0 °C	35.9 °C	14.2 °C	26	11	0
July	31.5 °C	24.4 °C	27.8 °C	40.5 °C	17.7 °C	30	22	0
August	31.7 °C	24.2 °C	27.8 °C	42.0 °C	16.8 °C	29	21	0
September	27.0 °C	20.4 °C	23.5 °C	41.4 °C	12.8 °C	20	7	0
October	21.4 °C	15.4 °C	18.3 °C	32.5 °C	7.9 °C	6	0	0
November	17.1 °C	10.5 °C	13.8 °C	25.6 °C	1.6 °C	0	0	0
December	12.1 °C	5.6 °C	8.9 °C	18.9 °C	-4.8 °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	76 %	77 %	9.9 km/h
February	27 mm	7	11 h/day	78 %	76 %	11 km/h
March	54 mm	11	12 h/day	76 %	74 %	12 km/h
April	90 mm	12	13 h/day	74 %	74 %	13 km/h
May	122 mm	14	14 h/day	74 %	74 %	13 km/h
June	175 mm	15	14 h/day	76 %	79 %	11 km/h
July	195 mm	17	14 h/day	73 %	80 %	11 km/h
August	163 mm	15	13 h/day	67 %	76 %	12 km/h
September	120 mm	13	12 h/day	72 %	78 %	11 km/h
October	91 mm	14	11 h/day	78 %	81 %	10 km/h
November	51 mm	9	11 h/day	75 %	79 %	10 km/h
December	28 mm	7	10 h/day	76 %	78 %	10 km/h

How Zitong 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
Zitong	32 °C	3.8 °C	1,138 mm	142
Bachuan · China	32 °C	4.5 °C	1,244 mm	139
Suining · China	31 °C	3.3 °C	1,058 mm	141
Hechuan · China	32 °C	4.6 °C	1,200 mm	142
Beibei · China	32 °C	5.0 °C	1,290 mm	143
Nanchong · China	31 °C	3.2 °C	1,242 mm	136
Bishan · China	32 °C	4.8 °C	1,168 mm	140

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zitong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zitong?

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, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zitong get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 69 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 3.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zitong?

July, averaging 195 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,138 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 Zitong 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.