# Kaiyang County

Kaiyang County (simplified Chinese: 开阳县; traditional Chinese: 開陽縣; pinyin: Kāiyáng Xiàn) is a county of central Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Guiyang City.

## Administrative divisions

Kaiyang County comprises 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 5 townships and 3 ethnic townships:

### Subdistricts

* Xicheng Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 硒城街道)
* Yunkai Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: 云开街道)
* Zixing Subdistrict [zh] 紫兴街道

### Towns

* Shuangliu Town 双流镇
* Jinzhong Town 金中镇
* Fengsan Town 冯三镇
* Nanmudu Town 楠木渡镇
* Longgang Town 龙岗镇
* Yongwen Town 永温镇
* Huali Town 花梨镇

### Townships

* Nanlong Township 南龙乡
* Zhaiji Township 宅吉乡
* Longshui Township 龙水乡
* Miping Township 米坪乡
* Maoyun Township 毛云乡​

### Ethnic townships

* Hefeng Bouyei and Miao Ethnic Township 禾丰布依族苗族乡
* Nanjiang Bouyei and Miao Ethnic Township 南江布依族苗族乡
* Gaozhai Miao and Bouyei Ethnic Township 高寨苗族布依族乡

## Transport

Kaiyang railway station is the terminus of the Guiyang–Kaiyang intercity railway, opened in 2015.

## Law Enforcement

The Kaiyang County Public Security Bureau(Chinese: 开阳县公安局) is the primary law enforcement agency of Kaiyang county. It is a child agency of the Guiyang Municipal Public Security Bureau.

## Climate

Climate data for Kaiyang, elevation 1,299 m (4,262 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 31.6 (88.9) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.6 (90.7) | 29.1 (84.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 33.7 (92.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.8 (74.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 10.9 (51.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) | −7.7 (18.1) | −6.2 (20.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 5.2 (41.4) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 2.4 (36.3) | −5.3 (22.5) | −8.0 (17.6) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.5 (1.59) | 34.2 (1.35) | 60.7 (2.39) | 101.2 (3.98) | 164.9 (6.49) | 191.6 (7.54) | 187.2 (7.37) | 123.3 (4.85) | 110.9 (4.37) | 111.9 (4.41) | 53.3 (2.10) | 33.6 (1.32) | 1,213.3 (47.76) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.2 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 197.9 |
| Average snowy days | 6.3 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 13.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 86 | 84 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 30.9 | 43.3 | 63.6 | 90.1 | 101.5 | 86.7 | 153.4 | 161.1 | 117.0 | 67.1 | 64.4 | 46.8 | 1,025.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 9 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 22 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||