Climate guideThirty-year normals for Wuhan
Wuhan climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,545 mm121 wet days a year
30.58° N, 114.27° EElevation 20 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goWuhan · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low23° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Wuhan 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 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,545 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (259 mm, 15 wet days) and December the driest (35 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in December to 53% in March.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Wuhan is 0.2° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 11 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 | 9° | 11° | 15° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 11° |
| Average low | 1° | 3° | 7° | 13° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 62 mm | 78 mm | 109 mm | 158 mm | 188 mm | 262 mm | 259 mm | 140 mm | 84 mm | 100 mm | 70 mm | 35 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 9 | 8.4 | 8 | 5.7 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 48% | 53% | 50% | 48% | 51% | 52% | 40% | 36% | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Daylight | 10h 22 | 11h 06 | 11h 57 | 12h 54 | 13h 41 | 14h 07 | 13h 57 | 13h 17 | 12h 23 | 11h 28 | 10h 38 | 10h 11 |
| Month score | 37 | 34 | 54 | 68 | 59 | 41 | 28 | 37 | 64 | 76 | 70 | 47 |
ivMonth by month
Wuhan in every month
January37
9° / 1°
62 mm · 6.7 wet days
February34
11° / 3°
78 mm · 9.3 wet days
March54
15° / 7°
109 mm · 9.4 wet days
April68
22° / 13°
158 mm · 10.2 wet days
May59
26° / 19°
188 mm · 11.9 wet days
June41
29° / 23°
262 mm · 13.5 wet days
July28
32° / 26°
259 mm · 15.2 wet days
August37
32° / 25°
140 mm · 13.2 wet days
September64
28° / 21°
84 mm · 9 wet days
October76
23° / 15°
100 mm · 8.4 wet days
November70
17° / 8°
70 mm · 8 wet days
December47
11° / 3°
35 mm · 5.7 wet days