Yearly Weather for Hanzhong, Sha'anxi Province, China

Hanzhong has a temperate and generally humid climate that is classified as humid subtropical with cool, damp winters and hot, humid summers. The daily average temperature in January is 2.4ºC (36.3ºF). The Qin Mountains to the north help shield the city from cold Siberian winds in the winter. As a result, it is not colder than similar-latitude locations further east in China, despite its elevation and inland location. In contrast, because of the elevation, summers are tempered, with average highs in July and August of around 30ºC (86ºF). The area is far more humid than central and northern Sha'anxi, with 850 millimeters (33 in) of precipitation annually, as compared to 550 millimeters (22 in) for Xi'an, the provincial capital.