Nanchang weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · major city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Nanchang is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with September close behind. Nanchang averages about 1,343 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 64 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,343
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,754 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈11 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2.4M
- Elevation
- 41 m
When is the best time to visit Nanchang?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nanchang is October, then September. The dullest month is January (12/100, 73 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nanchang?
Nanchang isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,343 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate October (74) from January (12), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #199 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around May, carries about 42% of the annual 1,754 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 73 mm | 2 |
| February | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 105 mm | 3 |
| March | 49 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 168 mm | 4 |
| April | 59 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 206 mm | 5 |
| May | 59 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 227 mm | 6 |
| June | 59 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 303 mm | 6 |
| July | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 205 mm | 8 |
| August | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 147 mm | 8 |
| September | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 101 mm | 6 |
| October | 74 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 64 mm | 5 |
| November | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| December | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 60 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ezhou China · 184 km · best in Oct · 1,339 h sun/yr
- Yichun China · 196 km · best in Oct · 1,108 h sun/yr
- Shangrao (Hengfeng) China · 208 km · best in Oct · 1,367 h sun/yr
- Huangshan China · 248 km · best in Oct · 1,334 h sun/yr
- Ji'an China · 251 km · best in Oct · 1,172 h sun/yr
- Yueyang (Yueyanglou) China · 259 km · best in Oct · 1,145 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Jiujiang China · 69 km · 1,281 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Jingdezhen China · 134 km · 1,362 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Anqing China · 221 km · 1,290 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Nanchang compares month by month: Nanchang vs Shangrao (Hengfeng) · Nanchang vs Yichun · Nanchang vs Ezhou · all comparisons
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