Xituo climate — normals and trends
Xituo (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,526 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xituo averages 5 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.
Xituo has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 11 August 1992) and the coldest -10.5 °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
XituoChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 30.41°, 108.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,526mm
Sunshine / day
6.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
7.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
177 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
14.2 °C
Average peak gust
22.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
39.5 °C
11 August 1992
Coldest day
-10.5 °C
12 January 1955
Wettest day
205 mm
17 July 1982
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
28 May 1946
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
28 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
24 July 1961
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
12 January 1955
Snowiest day
6.8 cm
15 January 1958
Sunniest day
13.8 h
28 June 2008
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 11.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 46 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 139 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 91 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 80 mm | -88 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 194 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 94 mm | -117 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 168 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 159 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 204 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 76 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 71 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xituo?
Xituo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 1,526 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xituo?
The hottest day measured in Xituo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xituo?
The coldest day measured in Xituo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -10.5 °C.
Does it snow in Xituo?
Yes. Xituo gets on average 6.1 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Xituo warmed?
Yes: Xituo warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xituo?
The wettest day measured in Xituo between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1982, with 205 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xituo?
The windiest day measured in Xituo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1946, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xituo?
The warmest month in Xituo is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Xituo?
Xituo receives on average 1,526 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xituo?
Xituo gets on average 6.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,336 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xituo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xituo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1958, with 6.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xituo?
Yes: Xituo has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xituo?
In Xituo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 24 July 1961, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 12 January 1955.
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