Best time to visit Changde

The best time to visit Changde is October–November, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Changde, Hunan, China

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  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January9.1 °C / 48 °F3 °C / 37 °F56 mm / 2.2 inneither best nor good
February11.3 °C / 52 °F4.8 °C / 41 °F74 mm / 2.9 inneither best nor good
March17.4 °C / 63 °F9.6 °C / 49 °F122 mm / 4.8 ingood month
April22.8 °C / 73 °F14.7 °C / 58 °F139 mm / 5.5 ingood month
May27.1 °C / 81 °F19.3 °C / 67 °F154 mm / 6.1 inneither best nor good
June30.1 °C / 86 °F23.3 °C / 74 °F203 mm / 8 inneither best nor good
July33.5 °C / 92 °F26.5 °C / 80 °F166 mm / 6.5 inneither best nor good
August33.3 °C / 92 °F26 °C / 79 °F119 mm / 4.7 inneither best nor good
September29 °C / 84 °F21.9 °C / 71 °F84 mm / 3.3 inneither best nor good
October23.1 °C / 74 °F16.2 °C / 61 °F68 mm / 2.7 inbest month
November17.7 °C / 64 °F10.5 °C / 51 °F64 mm / 2.5 inbest month
December11.6 °C / 53 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F29 mm / 1.2 ingood month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: good
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: good
Best
October–November
Good
March–April, December
Why these months
  • March · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.2 °C / 61 °F, average daily high 17.4 °C / 63 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 50%, precipitation 122 mm / 4.8 in, average daily low 9.6 °C / 49 °F, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: wet days 13.6 days, days with heavy rain 5 days.

  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.4 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 22.8 °C / 73 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 54%, average daily low 14.7 °C / 58 °F, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: precipitation 139 mm / 5.5 in, wet days 14.1 days, days with heavy rain 5 days.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.5 °C / 74 °F, average daily high 23.1 °C / 74 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 57%, precipitation 68 mm / 2.7 in, days with heavy rain 2 days, wet days 8.2 days, average daily low 16.2 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 75%.

  • November · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.3 °C / 61 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 57%, average daily high 17.7 °C / 64 °F, precipitation 64 mm / 2.5 in, days with heavy rain 2 days, wet days 8.6 days, average daily low 10.5 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 76%.

  • December · good

    In its favour: precipitation 29 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 59%, wet days 5.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.5 days, relative humidity 70%, average daily low 4.9 °C / 41 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 8.7 °C / 48 °F, average daily high 11.6 °C / 53 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 伏牛山滑雪场, 523 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 6 °C8.8 °C16.2 °C23.4 °C29.5 °C34.9 °C39.3 °C38.8 °C32 °C23.5 °C16.3 °C8.7 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.6 days2.3 days5 days5 days5.8 days6.2 days4.8 days4.2 days2.7 days2 days2 days0.5 days
Time rain usually falls 8 am5 am11 am11 am7 am5 pm5 pm5 pm6 am9 am10 am11 am
Sunshine per day 5.6 h5.2 h6 h7 h7.7 h8.3 h10 h10 h7.6 h6.5 h6.1 h6.1 h
Relative humidity 73%76%75%75%75%80%76%76%75%75%76%70%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202559.5 µg/m³47.7 µg/m³47.3 µg/m³41.6 µg/m³35.8 µg/m³32.8 µg/m³21.2 µg/m³25.9 µg/m³29.9 µg/m³33.5 µg/m³38.9 µg/m³53.1 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202586.2 µg/m³70.8 µg/m³66.1 µg/m³57 µg/m³49.1 µg/m³45.5 µg/m³30.3 µg/m³35.8 µg/m³40.3 µg/m³45.4 µg/m³56.6 µg/m³80.3 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).