Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lu'an
Lu'an climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,301 mm119 wet days a year
31.74° N, 116.52° EElevation 81 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLu'an · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low22° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lu'an has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 32° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,301 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (229 mm, 17 wet days) and December the driest (36 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in December to 52% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Lu'an is 0.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 06 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 8° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 32° | 31° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 10° |
| Average low | -2° | 0° | 4° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 13° | 6° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 67 mm | 98 mm | 99 mm | 116 mm | 174 mm | 229 mm | 178 mm | 101 mm | 82 mm | 68 mm | 36 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 7 | 6 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 47% | 51% | 49% | 48% | 50% | 52% | 43% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 34% |
| Daylight | 10h 18 | 11h 03 | 11h 56 | 12h 56 | 13h 45 | 14h 12 | 14h 02 | 13h 20 | 12h 24 | 11h 26 | 10h 34 | 10h 06 |
| Month score | 37 | 30 | 57 | 70 | 64 | 47 | 30 | 37 | 65 | 79 | 71 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Lu'an in every month
January37
8° / -2°
53 mm · 6.8 wet days
February30
10° / 0°
67 mm · 8.9 wet days
March57
15° / 4°
98 mm · 7.8 wet days
April70
21° / 11°
99 mm · 9.2 wet days
May64
26° / 16°
116 mm · 10.2 wet days
June47
29° / 21°
174 mm · 11.8 wet days
July30
32° / 24°
229 mm · 17.4 wet days
August37
31° / 24°
178 mm · 16.4 wet days
September65
27° / 19°
101 mm · 9.6 wet days
October79
22° / 13°
82 mm · 7.5 wet days
November71
16° / 6°
68 mm · 7 wet days
December43
10° / 0°
36 mm · 6 wet days