Weather in Sichuan

Calculated from weather data of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (ZUCK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.3	11.1	10.5	10.9	9.4	11.0
February	13.0	12.6	13.6	11.0	17.0	13.0
March	18.6	19.5	18.1	22.0	18.3	18.6
April	23.0	23.3	24.0	23.3	20.1	20.6
May	25.7		26.3	25.1	25.1	27.6
June	28.3		27.6	29.3	29.1	28.5
July	32.8		32.2	35.2	32.2	29.6
August	34.4		33.7	38.8	31.0	34.8
September	27.3		29.5	27.1	30.5	25.3
October	20.5		21.6	22.5	21.3	18.5
November	16.5		18.6	19.1	13.9	17.6
December	10.8		12.0	10.0	12.0	8.9
Average	21.2	16.6	22.3	23.3	21.6	21.2

11th highest temperature of China

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.8	7	4	6	4	7
February	7.2	7	8	5	10	8
March	11.9	12	11	14	12	12
April	15.8	17	16	15	15	14
May	18.8		19	18	19	20
June	22.2		21	23	23	23
July	25.4		25	27	25	24
August	26.0		25	29	25	26
September	21.3		23	21	23	20
October	15.8		17	16	16	15
November	11.3		13	13	9	12
December	6.7		7	6	7	6
Average	15.1	10.8	15.8	16.5	15.6	15.5

30th lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	2	82	91	75	67
25 °C or warmer	15	132	147	134	126
20 °C or warmer	40	214	212	186	187
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	2	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.4	19	16	11	15	15
February	11.4	13	11	12	11	11
March	14.1	8	21	16	14	4
April	15.9	18	13	14	14	22
May	13.8		7	23	12	8
June	17.4		18	14	11	21
July	9.3		13	3	11	20
August	6.1		5	3	17	2
September	18.4		14	22	6	29
October	21.7		23	10	19	30
November	12.6		8	6	20	11
December	11.8		5	3	12	18
Average	13.9	14.2	12.9	11.6	13.2	15.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.9	8	7	9	8	8
February	8.8	9	9	10	9	7
March	10.1	10	9	12	11	10
April	10.2	10	12	11	10	10
May	9.9		11	10	9	10
June	9.4		10	9	10	10
July	10.4		10	12	10	9
August	11.0		11	13	10	13
September	10.0		10	9	11	10
October	8.7		9	10	10	7
November	8.3		9	8	8	8
December	7.6		8	7	7	8
Average	9.4	9.2	9.6	10.0	9.3	9.2

34th highest wind speed of China

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	E	NE	NE	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
April	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
May		NE	E	NE	NE
June		E	SE	NE	SE
July		E	SE	NE	E
August		NE	SE	NE	SE
September		NE	N	E	NE
October		NE	N	N	NE
November		NE	N	NE	E
December		NE	E	NE	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Sichuan weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Sichuan?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Sichuan?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 10 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Sichuan?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in October with a probability of around 21.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Sichuan?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 6.1 %.