Zoucheng climate

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Zoucheng is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.4 °C. July is the wettest month (231 mm) and January the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zoucheng averages 801 mm of rain, 139 days above 25 °C and 90 days below freezing.

China · population 277,400 · 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 -4.4 °C
Driest month January 10 mm
Wettest month July 231 mm
Least cloud December 41 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record November -18 °C

What to expectZoucheng through the year

Zoucheng has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.3 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 139 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C, 90 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 231 mm against 10 mm in January — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.3 °C	10 mm	45 %
February	8.7 °C	16 mm	50 %
March	14.5 °C	25 mm	52 %
April	21.1 °C	40 mm	52 %
May	26.4 °C	62 mm	56 %
June	30.5 °C	86 mm	59 %
July	30.9 °C	231 mm	63 %
August	29.7 °C	183 mm	59 %
September	26.1 °C	76 mm	54 %
October	20.9 °C	32 mm	46 %
November	13.3 °C	29 mm	43 %
December	6.8 °C	12 mm	41 %

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	5.3 °C	-4.4 °C	0.1 °C	15.3 °C	-16.2 °C	0	0	29
February	8.7 °C	-1.9 °C	3.2 °C	24.2 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	21
March	14.5 °C	3.2 °C	8.7 °C	28.9 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	7
April	21.1 °C	9.9 °C	15.3 °C	33.6 °C	-1.9 °C	6	1	0
May	26.4 °C	15.6 °C	20.8 °C	37.1 °C	5.5 °C	20	5	0
June	30.5 °C	20.6 °C	25.4 °C	37.7 °C	12.3 °C	28	18	0
July	30.9 °C	23.5 °C	26.9 °C	40.2 °C	16.7 °C	30	20	0
August	29.7 °C	22.3 °C	25.8 °C	35.5 °C	12.1 °C	29	16	0
September	26.1 °C	17.4 °C	21.5 °C	35.0 °C	7.2 °C	20	2	0
October	20.9 °C	10.9 °C	15.6 °C	31.8 °C	-1.2 °C	5	0	0
November	13.3 °C	3.4 °C	8.2 °C	24.8 °C	-17.7 °C	0	0	7
December	6.8 °C	-2.8 °C	1.7 °C	17.7 °C	-15.4 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	10 h/day	45 %	60 %	13 km/h
February	16 mm	3	11 h/day	50 %	60 %	15 km/h
March	25 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	58 %	17 km/h
April	40 mm	5	13 h/day	52 %	59 %	18 km/h
May	62 mm	6	14 h/day	56 %	61 %	17 km/h
June	86 mm	7	15 h/day	59 %	64 %	15 km/h
July	231 mm	14	14 h/day	63 %	79 %	14 km/h
August	183 mm	13	14 h/day	59 %	80 %	13 km/h
September	76 mm	7	12 h/day	54 %	72 %	13 km/h
October	32 mm	4	11 h/day	46 %	65 %	14 km/h
November	29 mm	4	10 h/day	43 %	67 %	14 km/h
December	12 mm	2	9.8 h/day	41 %	64 %	14 km/h

How Zoucheng 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
Zoucheng	31 °C	-4.4 °C	801 mm	139
Jining · China	31 °C	-4.5 °C	764 mm	142
Peicheng · China	31 °C	-3.9 °C	837 mm	142
Zaozhuang · China	31 °C	-3.9 °C	855 mm	135
Tai’an · China	31 °C	-5.0 °C	721 mm	134

Where Zoucheng ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	45th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zoucheng’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zoucheng?

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

How hot does Zoucheng get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 61 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 -4.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 90 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zoucheng?

July, averaging 231 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 801 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 Zoucheng 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: 35.401°, 116.966° (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.