Geography and Climate
Nanchang is located 130 km south of the Yangtze River and is situated on the right bank of the Gan River just below its confluence with the Jin River and some 40 km southwest of its discharge into Poyang Lake.
Nanchang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinct seasons. Winters are short and cool with occasional frosts; snow is not unheard of but heavy falls are otherwise rare. Summer is long and humid, with amongst the highest temperatures in China. Rain is greatest from March to June, and least in fall and early winter. Monthly averages in the city range from 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) in January to 29.2 °C (84.6 °F) in July, with an annual mean of 17.6 °C (63.7 °F).
| Climate data for Nanchang (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 74.0 (2.913) |
100.7 (3.965) |
175.6 (6.913) |
223.8 (8.811) |
243.8 (9.598) |
306.7 (12.075) |
144.0 (5.669) |
128.9 (5.075) |
68.7 (2.705) |
59.7 (2.35) |
56.8 (2.236) |
41.5 (1.634) |
1,624.4 (63.953) |
| % humidity | 77 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 77.2 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 147.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 91.9 | 83.7 | 85.2 | 114.4 | 151.1 | 160.2 | 248.7 | 243.2 | 185.8 | 167.0 | 147.5 | 141.7 | 1,820.4 |
| Source: 中国气象局 国家气象信息中心 | |||||||||||||
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