Luoyang climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Luoyang?

Luoyang has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,934 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luoyang?

The hottest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2023, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Luoyang?

The coldest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -2.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Luoyang?

Almost never: Luoyang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Luoyang warmed?

Yes: Luoyang warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Luoyang?

The wettest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1973, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Luoyang?

The windiest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1962, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Luoyang?

The warmest month in Luoyang is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Luoyang?

Luoyang receives on average 1,934 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Luoyang?

Luoyang gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Luoyang (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,934 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Luoyang averages 0 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.

Luoyang has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 30 May 2023) and the coldest -2.2 °C (on 12 January 1955).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LuoyangGuangdong

coords: 23.16°, 114.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

18.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,934mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

14.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

108 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

176 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

20.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

186 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.9 °C

30 May 2023

Coldest day

-2.2 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

163 mm

17 July 1973

Windiest day

47.4 km/h

1 September 1962

Strongest gust

123.1 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

18 July 2019

Coldest feels-like

-6.4 °C

12 January 1955

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.0 h

30 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.7 °C10 June 2025	3.5 °C13 January 2025	22.7 °C	1,815 mm	139	0
2024	36.4 °C5 August 2024	1.7 °C24 January 2024	23.0 °C	2,648 mm	133	0
2023	37.9 °C30 May 2023	3.3 °C30 January 2023	22.9 °C	1,827 mm	127	0
2022	37.2 °C25 July 2022	4.3 °C19 December 2022	22.4 °C	2,220 mm	136	0
2021	35.6 °C23 July 2021	1.1 °C13 January 2021	23.3 °C	1,511 mm	162	0
2020	35.8 °C25 July 2020	4.3 °C31 December 2020	23.0 °C	1,542 mm	131	0
2019	37.2 °C24 August 2019	6.5 °C23 January 2019	23.1 °C	2,008 mm	135	0
2018	36.1 °C30 May 2018	3.1 °C6 February 2018	22.6 °C	1,759 mm	121	0
2017	37.3 °C22 August 2017	6.2 °C12 February 2017	22.7 °C	1,721 mm	126	0
2016	36.5 °C9 July 2016	1.6 °C25 January 2016	22.3 °C	2,753 mm	132	0
2015	36.6 °C8 August 2015	5.0 °C18 December 2015	22.9 °C	2,041 mm	135	0
2014	35.7 °C23 July 2014	2.7 °C23 January 2014	22.3 °C	1,604 mm	140	0
2013	35.4 °C21 June 2013	3.2 °C30 December 2013	22.0 °C	2,172 mm	103	0
2012	36.2 °C1 August 2012	3.6 °C31 December 2012	22.0 °C	2,115 mm	134	0
2011	35.7 °C29 August 2011	3.6 °C12 January 2011	21.8 °C	1,407 mm	135	0
2010	35.4 °C5 July 2010	0.8 °C18 December 2010	22.1 °C	2,197 mm	105	0
2009	36.3 °C18 July 2009	1.4 °C11 January 2009	22.4 °C	1,397 mm	141	0
2008	37.4 °C28 July 2008	3.7 °C3 January 2008	21.9 °C	2,258 mm	121	0
2007	35.7 °C3 August 2007	3.3 °C29 January 2007	22.6 °C	1,649 mm	133	0
2006	36.8 °C13 July 2006	3.8 °C7 January 2006	22.5 °C	2,259 mm	131	0
2005	37.4 °C18 July 2005	2.2 °C1 January 2005	22.1 °C	2,069 mm	123	0
2004	37.3 °C1 July 2004	3.9 °C22 January 2004	22.2 °C	1,353 mm	126	0
2003	35.6 °C11 August 2003	4.5 °C8 January 2003	22.4 °C	1,638 mm	131	0
2002	35.0 °C13 July 2002	3.0 °C27 December 2002	22.7 °C	1,641 mm	129	0
2001	35.6 °C4 July 2001	3.4 °C24 December 2001	22.5 °C	2,182 mm	125	0
2000	35.2 °C30 June 2000	3.4 °C28 January 2000	22.3 °C	1,986 mm	126	0
1999	35.9 °C20 August 1999	0.3 °C24 December 1999	22.5 °C	2,074 mm	117	0
1998	34.7 °C30 July 1998	5.4 °C19 January 1998	22.6 °C	2,166 mm	119	0
1997	35.8 °C29 August 1997	4.5 °C12 January 1997	21.9 °C	2,853 mm	95	0
1996	35.1 °C8 June 1996	2.7 °C20 February 1996	21.8 °C	1,966 mm	116	0
1995	35.2 °C22 July 1995	3.4 °C7 January 1995	21.5 °C	1,974 mm	101	0
1994	36.4 °C10 July 1994	3.7 °C21 January 1994	22.1 °C	2,141 mm	103	0
1993	34.4 °C26 August 1993	1.3 °C29 January 1993	21.6 °C	2,103 mm	107	0
1992	35.3 °C29 August 1992	4.1 °C15 January 1992	21.5 °C	2,423 mm	110	0
1991	36.3 °C4 June 1991	0.5 °C29 December 1991	22.6 °C	1,400 mm	137	0
1990	36.5 °C17 August 1990	3.1 °C1 February 1990	22.3 °C	2,000 mm	121	0
1989	35.8 °C16 July 1989	3.6 °C14 January 1989	21.9 °C	1,666 mm	110	0
1988	36.4 °C18 July 1988	4.6 °C12 December 1988	21.4 °C	2,077 mm	103	0
1987	35.7 °C13 July 1987	4.1 °C7 December 1987	22.4 °C	2,180 mm	108	0
1986	34.9 °C30 July 1986	2.2 °C7 January 1986	21.8 °C	1,884 mm	135	0
1985	35.7 °C22 June 1985	2.2 °C17 December 1985	21.3 °C	2,359 mm	105	0
1984	34.8 °C29 July 1984	2.4 °C10 January 1984	21.1 °C	1,978 mm	99	0
1983	35.0 °C11 July 1983	2.4 °C30 December 1983	21.4 °C	3,050 mm	121	0
1982	36.7 °C29 July 1982	2.0 °C28 December 1982	21.9 °C	2,219 mm	116	0
1981	35.8 °C8 August 1981	3.8 °C14 January 1981	21.9 °C	2,155 mm	97	0
1980	36.9 °C10 July 1980	1.7 °C6 February 1980	22.0 °C	1,812 mm	116	0
1979	35.1 °C28 July 1979	2.6 °C1 February 1979	21.5 °C	2,195 mm	101	0
1978	35.1 °C15 July 1978	2.2 °C22 January 1978	21.5 °C	2,337 mm	106	0
1977	34.4 °C24 July 1977	1.0 °C11 February 1977	21.9 °C	1,644 mm	124	0
1976	35.3 °C25 May 1976	1.2 °C28 December 1976	21.2 °C	1,984 mm	96	0
1975	34.2 °C30 July 1975	1.2 °C31 December 1975	21.5 °C	2,823 mm	104	0
1974	35.5 °C21 August 1974	1.4 °C2 January 1974	21.6 °C	2,019 mm	121	0
1973	33.9 °C23 August 1973	2.6 °C27 December 1973	22.0 °C	3,134 mm	96	0
1972	35.2 °C12 July 1972	1.9 °C9 February 1972	21.6 °C	2,671 mm	105	0
1971	35.7 °C21 July 1971	2.1 °C6 January 1971	21.5 °C	1,894 mm	104	0
1970	35.0 °C1 August 1970	2.8 °C21 January 1970	21.4 °C	2,104 mm	111	0
1969	35.8 °C27 July 1969	0.9 °C6 February 1969	21.4 °C	1,845 mm	123	0
1968	35.2 °C28 July 1968	3.7 °C7 February 1968	21.6 °C	2,273 mm	91	0
1967	35.5 °C17 July 1967	-0.7 °C17 January 1967	21.4 °C	1,661 mm	115	1
1966	32.7 °C14 August 1966	2.7 °C23 February 1966	21.4 °C	1,926 mm	86	0
1965	33.5 °C26 July 1965	2.6 °C31 December 1965	20.7 °C	1,833 mm	45	0
1964	36.1 °C7 August 1964	3.1 °C19 December 1964	21.7 °C	1,943 mm	122	0
1963	36.5 °C31 May 1963	-0.7 °C16 January 1963	21.8 °C	1,193 mm	132	1
1962	34.9 °C20 July 1962	1.4 °C28 January 1962	21.4 °C	1,821 mm	115	0
1961	35.2 °C1 July 1961	-0.1 °C19 January 1961	21.9 °C	2,578 mm	99	1
1960	35.5 °C21 August 1960	2.2 °C3 January 1960	22.0 °C	2,059 mm	99	0
1959	35.9 °C29 August 1959	2.4 °C18 January 1959	21.7 °C	2,354 mm	94	0
1958	35.0 °C16 July 1958	2.3 °C16 January 1958	21.4 °C	1,457 mm	109	0
1957	35.4 °C13 August 1957	-0.3 °C11 February 1957	21.4 °C	2,169 mm	100	1
1956	35.2 °C3 September 1956	0.6 °C10 January 1956	21.6 °C	988 mm	123	0
1955	32.9 °C24 August 1955	-2.2 °C12 January 1955	21.3 °C	1,323 mm	93	2
1954	32.9 °C16 August 1954	2.5 °C17 December 1954	21.5 °C	1,195 mm	96	0
1953	33.5 °C12 August 1953	2.3 °C12 December 1953	21.6 °C	1,395 mm	81	0
1952	32.3 °C1 September 1952	2.3 °C19 February 1952	21.7 °C	1,681 mm	77	0
1951	32.6 °C31 July 1951	1.1 °C13 January 1951	21.1 °C	1,852 mm	55	0
1950	32.1 °C17 July 1950	3.7 °C10 December 1950	21.2 °C	2,043 mm	54	0
1949	32.9 °C14 September 1949	1.3 °C10 January 1949	21.9 °C	1,308 mm	96	0
1948	33.1 °C6 July 1948	2.6 °C27 January 1948	21.6 °C	1,535 mm	63	0
1947	31.9 °C22 June 1947	3.0 °C31 December 1947	20.8 °C	1,856 mm	42	0
1946	34.7 °C17 July 1946	1.8 °C7 January 1946	21.7 °C	1,133 mm	110	0
1945	32.1 °C30 July 1945	2.0 °C17 January 1945	20.0 °C	1,677 mm	54	0
1944	32.3 °C10 August 1944	1.7 °C10 December 1944	21.0 °C	1,805 mm	53	0
1943	35.5 °C25 May 1943	2.4 °C12 January 1943	21.4 °C	812 mm	115	0
1942	32.2 °C1 August 1942	2.7 °C8 December 1942	20.8 °C	1,941 mm	71	0
1941	32.4 °C8 August 1941	3.5 °C29 December 1941	20.8 °C	2,096 mm	44	0
1940	34.1 °C31 August 1940	0.5 °C25 January 1940	20.7 °C	1,523 mm	65	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1815 mm

-119 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.8 °C	+2.6 °C	3 mm	-35 mm
Feb	20.4 °C	+1.2 °C	18 mm	-51 mm
Mar	23.3 °C	+0.8 °C	92 mm	-25 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+1.3 °C	99 mm	-102 mm
May	29.1 °C	+0.3 °C	251 mm	-67 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+1.1 °C	308 mm	-55 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+1.0 °C	332 mm	+83 mm
Aug	31.9 °C	+0.5 °C	365 mm	+94 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+1.5 °C	268 mm	+99 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.5 °C	51 mm	-12 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+0.3 °C	11 mm	-30 mm
Dec	22.8 °C	+3.0 °C	19 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

78.5 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

34.4 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

91.1 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.5 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.2 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Luoyang?

Luoyang has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,934 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luoyang?

The hottest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2023, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Luoyang?

The coldest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -2.2 °C.

Does it snow in Luoyang?

Almost never: Luoyang sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Luoyang warmed?

Yes: Luoyang warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Luoyang?

The wettest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1973, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Luoyang?

The windiest day measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1962, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Luoyang?

The warmest month in Luoyang is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Luoyang?

Luoyang receives on average 1,934 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Luoyang?

Luoyang gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luoyang?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luoyang between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Luoyang?

Yes: Luoyang has on average 186 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luoyang?

In Luoyang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 12 January 1955.

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