China · 30.57°N 104.07°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Chengdu is April to May and October, with highs of 21–26 °C70–79 °F and nights of 13–17 °C55–63 °F, and rainfall of 48–88 mm1.9–3.5 in a month.
The rainy season is June to September; July to August is a true monsoon, with 216–240 mm8.5–9.4 in a month and a peak in July (240 mm9.4 in). July is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and January the coldest (10 °C50 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 30.57, 104.07. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: April to May and October.
Open Chengdu on the interactive map ↗ the same verdicts for any place on Earth, in any month
Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Chengdu's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 80.3 | 1049 | 337 | dry | too cold |
| February | 160.6 | 1253 | 540 | dry | too cold |
| March | 240.9 | 1661 | 846 | dry | too cold |
| April | 562.2 | 2271 | 1355 | dry | good |
| May | 883.5 | 2679 | 1763 | showers | good |
| June | 1124.4 | 2882 | 2068 | rainy | too hot |
| July | 2409.4 | 3085 | 2272 | monsoon | too hot |
| August | 2168.5 | 3085 | 2271 | monsoon | too hot |
| September | 1365.4 | 2577 | 1965 | rainy | too rainy |
| October | 481.9 | 2169 | 1457 | dry | good |
| November | 240.9 | 1661 | 948 | dry | too cold |
| December | 80.3 | 1253 | 541 | dry | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | April to May and October |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | June |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | November to March |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is June to September; July to August is a true monsoon, with 216–240 mm8.5–9.4 in a month and a peak in July (240 mm9.4 in). Outside the rainy season, October to April is dry.
July is the hottest month (highs of 30 °C86 °F) and January the coldest (10 °C50 °F). Annual rainfall is about 976 mm38 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Chengdu does not:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.