Selected representative ERA5-Land grid cell at about 541 m; not a claim about every route across the region.
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| Month | Hiking-hour temperature | Wet days per month | Days with modelled snow | Daylight | Season guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January → | 4.9°C | ≈ 11.1 | 38.9% | 10 h 30 min | View month |
| February → | 7.0°C | ≈ 12.6 | 25.8% | 11 h 12 min | View month |
| March → | 11.7°C | ≈ 16.1 | 6.5% | 12 h 00 min | View month |
| April → | 17.3°C | ≈ 16.5 | 0% | 12 h 54 min | Best month |
| May → | 21.6°C | ≈ 16.9 | 0% | 13 h 36 min | View month |
| June → | 24.8°C | ≈ 18.7 | 0% | 14 h 00 min | View month |
| July → | 27.1°C | ≈ 20.2 | 0% | 13 h 48 min | View month |
| August | 27.0°C | ≈ 17.3 | 0% | 13 h 12 min | No recommendation |
| September → | 23.4°C | ≈ 11.5 | 0% | 12 h 18 min | View month |
| October → | 18.0°C | ≈ 11.8 | 0% | 11 h 30 min | Best month |
| November → | 12.7°C | ≈ 10.5 | 1.4% | 10 h 42 min | Best month |
| December → | 7.1°C | ≈ 8.3 | 11.8% | 10 h 18 min | View month |
Historical climate at one selected model cell. Higher routes, sheltered valleys and exposed ridges can differ substantially.
Model elevation: 541 m · Historical period: 1991–2025
Trail wind is not available here. This model does not resolve exposed ridges or gusts; check a local mountain forecast.
Selected cell: 29.3, 110.5
Temperature sampling window (local time, limited to daylight): 08:00–18:00.
A wet day has at least 1 mm of total precipitation (including snow water equivalent). It may rain for only part of the day.
A snow day meets either model threshold: 10% snow cover or 2 cm snow depth.
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The monthly value represents the selected representative ERA5-Land grid cell. It deliberately does not pretend to describe every route across the region.
29.3, 110.5 · 541 m
The record for these months is complete. They carry no hiking score because at least one critical component is at or below 20, and we would rather say so here than publish a weak recommendation.
Zhangjiajie sits at about 541 metres and has no closed hiking season. In all 11 scored months, temperature, rainfall and snow stay inside the limits at which we withhold a recommendation. Temperature moves 22.2 degrees across the year, from 5 in January to 27 in July.
Although the whole year clears the recommendation gate, the months are not interchangeable. Rain falls on about 27 percent of days in December, compared with 65 percent in July. Hikers prioritising drier conditions should start with December, then compare its temperature with July.
In July the hiking-window temperature reaches 27 degrees. We withhold August because sustained heat makes a walk a question of time of day and water, rather than of season.
The strongest scored month is October: about 18 degrees in the hiking window, rain on 38 percent of days, and 12 hours of daylight.
Every figure comes from one selected ERA5-Land model grid cell at 29.30, 110.50, 541 metres, averaged over 1991 to 2025. It describes that point rather than every route in the region, and it is not a forecast. Wind is coarse 10 metre grid wind, not a statement about exposed paths or gusts.
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