Xichang climate — normals and trends
Xichang (China) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 1,243 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xichang averages 43 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.
Xichang has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 31 May 2023) and the coldest -23.6 °C (on 27 December 1982).
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
XichangSichuan
- coords
- 27.90°, 102.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.1°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,243mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
179 d/yr
Annual snowfall
27.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
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
36.0 °C
31 May 2023
Coldest day
-23.6 °C
27 December 1982
Wettest day
70 mm
22 July 2012
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
13 February 2013
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
11 February 1940
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
1 June 1958
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
27 December 1982
Snowiest day
8.5 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.7 h
6 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 38 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 18 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | -3.8 °C | 54 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 102 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 213 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 156 mm | -62 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 274 mm | +79 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 234 mm | +64 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 122 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 92 mm | +34 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xichang?
Xichang has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.1 °C and it receives 1,243 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xichang?
The hottest day measured in Xichang between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2023, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xichang?
The coldest day measured in Xichang between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1982, at -23.6 °C.
Does it snow in Xichang?
Yes. Xichang gets on average 27.7 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Xichang warmed?
Yes: Xichang warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xichang?
The wettest day measured in Xichang between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2012, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xichang?
The windiest day measured in Xichang between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2013, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xichang?
The warmest month in Xichang is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Xichang?
Xichang receives on average 1,243 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xichang?
Xichang 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 Xichang?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xichang between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 8.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xichang?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Xichang.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xichang?
In Xichang, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 1 June 1958, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 27 December 1982.
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