Chongzhou
# Chongzhou

Chongzhou (Chinese: 崇州; pinyin: Chóngzhōu), known as Chongqing County (simplified Chinese: 崇庆县; traditional Chinese: 崇慶縣) until 1994, is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, located about 37 km (23 mi) west-southwest of downtown Chengdu. The first Catholic synod in China was held in this city in 1803, convened by Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse.

## Overview

Chongzhou is accessible by road from central Chengdu via the 65.1 km (40.5 mi)-long S8 Chengdu–Wenjiang–Qionglai Expressway, just outside the Chengdu greater ring road. The largest sports venue by capacity in the city is the 22,000-capacity Chongzhou Sports Centre Stadium. It is used mostly for football matches.

## Climate

Climate data for Chongzhou (1981–2010 normals) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 30.1 (86.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.5 (95.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.1 (84.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.4 (68.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 20.2 (68.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 16.2 (61.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 13.2 (55.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.4 (24.1) | −4.7 (23.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.7 (0.42) | 15.4 (0.61) | 27.9 (1.10) | 49.6 (1.95) | 80.1 (3.15) | 119.5 (4.70) | 218.4 (8.60) | 249.3 (9.81) | 136.3 (5.37) | 43.2 (1.70) | 19.3 (0.76) | 8.1 (0.32) | 977.8 (38.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 153.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 48.6 | 55.2 | 82.2 | 109.5 | 110.2 | 98.9 | 115.2 | 122.9 | 60.1 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 47.7 | 946.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020) ||||||||||||||
