Chaozhou climate

Name: Chaozhou
Address: CN

Chaozhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.4 °C. August is the wettest month (317 mm) and January the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chaozhou averages 1,699 mm of rain, 225 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 1,750,945 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January 9.4 °C
Driest month January 35 mm
Wettest month August 317 mm
Least cloud December 46 % cloud
Hottest on record May 40 °C
Coldest on record January -1.7 °C

What to expectChaozhou through the year

Chaozhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 225 days a year reach 25 °C, 89 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 317 mm against 35 mm in January — 9.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.9 °C	35 mm	51 %
February	19.8 °C	51 mm	65 %
March	22.5 °C	82 mm	70 %
April	25.8 °C	132 mm	75 %
May	28.2 °C	223 mm	80 %
June	29.7 °C	297 mm	87 %
July	30.9 °C	245 mm	78 %
August	30.8 °C	317 mm	75 %
September	29.9 °C	182 mm	64 %
October	28.1 °C	51 mm	49 %
November	24.9 °C	45 mm	47 %
December	20.3 °C	39 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.9 °C	9.4 °C	13.8 °C	28.6 °C	-1.7 °C	1	0
February	19.8 °C	11.2 °C	15.1 °C	30.2 °C	1.5 °C	4	0
March	22.5 °C	14.2 °C	17.8 °C	32.3 °C	2.9 °C	9	1
April	25.8 °C	18.2 °C	21.5 °C	35.1 °C	7.4 °C	18	3
May	28.2 °C	21.7 °C	24.5 °C	39.9 °C	13.8 °C	27	7
June	29.7 °C	24.3 °C	26.5 °C	36.4 °C	17.1 °C	29	14
July	30.9 °C	25.0 °C	27.5 °C	39.3 °C	21.5 °C	31	21
August	30.8 °C	24.9 °C	27.4 °C	35.8 °C	21.7 °C	31	21
September	29.9 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	35.3 °C	17.3 °C	30	16
October	28.1 °C	19.4 °C	23.4 °C	35.0 °C	8.5 °C	29	5
November	24.9 °C	15.5 °C	19.7 °C	32.8 °C	3.6 °C	15	1
December	20.3 °C	10.7 °C	15.2 °C	28.9 °C	-1.0 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	5	11 h/day	51 %	74 %	12 km/h
February	51 mm	8	11 h/day	65 %	77 %	12 km/h
March	82 mm	11	12 h/day	70 %	78 %	12 km/h
April	132 mm	13	13 h/day	75 %	81 %	12 km/h
May	223 mm	20	13 h/day	80 %	85 %	12 km/h
June	297 mm	24	14 h/day	87 %	88 %	13 km/h
July	245 mm	22	13 h/day	78 %	87 %	13 km/h
August	317 mm	24	13 h/day	75 %	88 %	12 km/h
September	182 mm	17	12 h/day	64 %	84 %	11 km/h
October	51 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	76 %	12 km/h
November	45 mm	4	11 h/day	47 %	74 %	12 km/h
December	39 mm	4	11 h/day	46 %	72 %	12 km/h

How Chaozhou compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chaozhou	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225
Jieyang · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,519 mm	234
Shantou · China	30 °C	12 °C	1,507 mm	200
Huanggang · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Puning · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,568 mm	231
Meizhou · China	32 °C	8.2 °C	1,492 mm	232
Xingning · China	32 °C	8.0 °C	1,555 mm	225

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chaozhou.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chaozhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chaozhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chaozhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 89 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chaozhou?

August, averaging 317 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,699 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chaozhou rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 23.654°, 116.623° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.