Zunyi climate

Name: Zunyi
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Zunyi is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.2 °C. June is the wettest month (246 mm) and December the driest (61 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zunyi averages 1,638 mm of rain, 108 days above 25 °C and 22 days below freezing.

China · population 2,037,775 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 1.2 °C
Driest month December 61 mm
Wettest month June 246 mm
Least cloud August 69 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record January -6.3 °C

What to expectZunyi through the year

Zunyi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.0 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 108 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C, 22 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 246 mm against 61 mm in December — 4.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.0 °C	68 mm	85 %
February	9.9 °C	68 mm	85 %
March	14.2 °C	113 mm	84 %
April	19.4 °C	160 mm	81 %
May	23.1 °C	226 mm	79 %
June	25.7 °C	246 mm	83 %
July	28.1 °C	192 mm	77 %
August	28.3 °C	138 mm	69 %
September	24.7 °C	128 mm	69 %
October	18.7 °C	145 mm	80 %
November	14.2 °C	93 mm	79 %
December	8.9 °C	61 mm	81 %

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	7.0 °C	1.2 °C	4.2 °C	22.0 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	10
February	9.9 °C	3.3 °C	6.6 °C	28.6 °C	-4.9 °C	0	0	5
March	14.2 °C	6.8 °C	10.5 °C	29.3 °C	-3.9 °C	1	0	1
April	19.4 °C	11.6 °C	15.4 °C	30.5 °C	1.7 °C	5	0	0
May	23.1 °C	15.6 °C	19.2 °C	33.6 °C	7.0 °C	11	1	0
June	25.7 °C	19.0 °C	22.1 °C	32.4 °C	10.5 °C	19	1	0
July	28.1 °C	20.9 °C	24.2 °C	35.2 °C	15.9 °C	28	6	0
August	28.3 °C	20.4 °C	24.1 °C	35.8 °C	13.4 °C	27	8	0
September	24.7 °C	17.4 °C	20.8 °C	35.6 °C	8.7 °C	15	2	0
October	18.7 °C	12.8 °C	15.7 °C	31.1 °C	4.2 °C	2	0	0
November	14.2 °C	7.9 °C	11.1 °C	26.3 °C	-0.9 °C	0	0	0
December	8.9 °C	2.9 °C	6.0 °C	20.1 °C	-5.3 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	68 mm	15	11 h/day	85 %	82 %	11 km/h
February	68 mm	14	11 h/day	85 %	82 %	12 km/h
March	113 mm	18	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	13 km/h
April	160 mm	19	13 h/day	81 %	81 %	13 km/h
May	226 mm	20	14 h/day	79 %	81 %	14 km/h
June	246 mm	20	14 h/day	83 %	83 %	13 km/h
July	192 mm	17	14 h/day	77 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	138 mm	15	13 h/day	69 %	78 %	13 km/h
September	128 mm	13	12 h/day	69 %	78 %	13 km/h
October	145 mm	17	12 h/day	80 %	82 %	11 km/h
November	93 mm	15	11 h/day	79 %	82 %	12 km/h
December	61 mm	13	10 h/day	81 %	81 %	11 km/h

How Zunyi 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
Zunyi	28 °C	1.2 °C	1,638 mm	108
Guiyang · China	27 °C	1.4 °C	1,454 mm	100
Gunan · China	32 °C	4.8 °C	1,380 mm	142
Kaili · China	28 °C	1.5 °C	1,438 mm	124
Nanchuan · China	31 °C	2.8 °C	1,424 mm	126
Bijie · China	26 °C	-0.1 °C	1,334 mm	72
Duyun · China	28 °C	2.1 °C	1,797 mm	120

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zunyi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zunyi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zunyi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 22 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zunyi?

June, averaging 246 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is December with 61 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,638 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 Zunyi 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: 27.687°, 106.907° (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.