Changsha
Elevation 63 m28.20° N, 112.97° E
When to go?
Mean 6 °C, 10 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 11 rain days in the month (88 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 15 rain days in the month (141 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 19 °C, 15 rain days in the month (181 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 13 rain days in the month (203 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 27 °C, 12 rain days in the month (233 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 30 °C, 8 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, 8 rain days in the month (101 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 25 °C, 7 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 20 °C, 7 rain days in the month (60 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 9 rain days in the month (79 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 7 rain days in the month (51 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best month is October. Avoid March–April (often rainy), June–September (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.9 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2025 (+2.2 °C), coldest: 1967 (−0.6 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+1.9 and +1.6 °C), August the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 18 °C) begins 6 days earlier and ends 4 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.