Chengdu month by month
Plan your visit to Chengdu by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 17 mm
January in Chengdu means grey. The Sichuan Basin sits in a natural bowl of mountains that traps cloud cover through winter, and you might see genuine sunshine for 2 or 3 days in…
- February
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 27 mm
February in Chengdu revolves around Spring Festival. Chinese New Year lands somewhere between late January and mid-February on the lunar calendar, and the entire city pivots for…
- March
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 43 mm
March in Chengdu catches the city mid-thaw. Daytime temperatures reach 19.2°C (67°F) while nights still dip to 10.1°C (50°F), and the persistent overcast skies that define…
- April
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 96 mm
April in Chengdu delivers the city's first real spring warmth after months of cold, grey Sichuan Basin winter. Daytime temperatures settle around 23.8°C (75°F) with lows near…
- May
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 95 mm
May in Chengdu opens with the country's Labor Day holiday, a 5-day national break from May 1 through May 5 that floods the city with domestic travelers. If you land during that…
- June
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 115 mm
June in Chengdu is warm, sticky, and increasingly wet. Average highs reach 30.5°C (87°F) with overnight lows near 21.5°C (71°F), and the 68% humidity makes the Sichuan Basin feel…
- July
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 249 mm
July in Chengdu means rain, more than any other month of the year. The Sichuan Basin collects roughly 249mm across 17 days, with humidity sitting near 78% and daytime temperatures…
- August
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 207 mm
August in Chengdu means heat trapped inside the Sichuan Basin. The surrounding mountains hold moisture and warm air low over the city. Daytime temperatures average 32°C (90°F) with…
- September
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 20°C
- Rain
- 131 mm
September in Chengdu is the month the rain starts to ease. July and August dump 249mm and 207mm on the Sichuan Basin, so September's 131mm across roughly 15 rainy days feels…
- October
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 16°C
- Rain
- 70 mm
The first thing to know about October in Chengdu is Golden Week. China's National Day holiday runs from October 1 through 7, and Chengdu consistently ranks among the country's most…
- November
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 20 mm
November might be Chengdu's most underrated seasonal window. Daytime highs sit in the comfortable mid-teens Celsius (low 60s Fahrenheit), the Sichuan Basin's summer monsoon ended…
- December
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 11 mm
December in Chengdu means grey sky. The Sichuan Basin traps low cloud and fog through winter, and this city of 21 million sits under an overcast dome for most of the month. Daytime…