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How to describe the weather in Chongqing?

Warm in winter and early in spring, hot in summer and cool in autumn, with four distinct seasons.

Chongqing has a subtropical monsoon humid climate, with an annual average temperature of 16~ 18℃, which is above 18.5℃ in Banan, Qijiang and Yunyang in the Yangtze River basin, and14 ~/kloc in Qianjiang and Youyang in the southeast.

Most of the annual average relative humidity in Chongqing is 70%~80%, which is a high humidity area in China. The sunshine hours in the whole year are 65,438+0,000 ~ 65,438+0,400 hours, and the sunshine percentage is only 25%~35%, which is one of the regions with the least sunshine in China, with less sunshine in winter and spring, accounting for only about 35% of the whole year.

The main climatic characteristics can be summarized as follows: warm winter and early spring, hot summer and cool autumn, four distinct seasons and long frost-free period; The air is humid and the precipitation is abundant; Weak solar radiation and short sunshine time; There are more clouds and less frost and snow; Light and warm water are in the same season, with remarkable stereoscopic climate, abundant climatic resources and frequent meteorological disasters.

Chongqing is foggy under the dual effects of topography and climate, and is known as "Fog Capital Chongqing" and "Fog Capital". The average annual foggy day is 104 days, while the average annual foggy day in London, England, which is known as the foggy capital of the world, is only 94 days, and that in Tokyo, Japan, which is the foggy capital of the Far East, is only 55 days. Wu Yun in the wall mountain area has 204 foggy days all year round, which is called "the best in the world".