Fuding climate

Name: Fuding
Address: CN

Fuding is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.3 °C. August is the wettest month (297 mm) and January the driest (60 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fuding averages 1,808 mm of rain, 156 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

China · population 192,352 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 5.3 °C
Driest month January 60 mm
Wettest month August 297 mm
Least cloud October 51 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record December -6.5 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectFuding through the year

Fuding has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 156 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 297 mm against 60 mm in January — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Fuding is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 14 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.7 °C	60 mm	61 %
February	13.9 °C	66 mm	67 %
March	17.1 °C	116 mm	71 %
April	21.8 °C	126 mm	75 %
May	25.6 °C	201 mm	78 %
June	28.8 °C	289 mm	88 %
July	32.0 °C	228 mm	74 %
August	31.2 °C	297 mm	70 %
September	28.4 °C	197 mm	65 %
October	24.2 °C	86 mm	51 %
November	19.7 °C	82 mm	60 %
December	14.8 °C	60 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	12.7 °C	5.3 °C	8.8 °C	24.3 °C	-3.2 °C	0	0	1
February	13.9 °C	6.4 °C	9.8 °C	26.8 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	0
March	17.1 °C	9.4 °C	12.8 °C	29.1 °C	-0.4 °C	2	0	0
April	21.8 °C	14.2 °C	17.6 °C	31.9 °C	5.7 °C	8	0	0
May	25.6 °C	18.9 °C	21.9 °C	34.5 °C	9.6 °C	18	3	0
June	28.8 °C	23.2 °C	25.5 °C	37.3 °C	13.6 °C	25	12	0
July	32.0 °C	25.7 °C	28.3 °C	38.9 °C	19.4 °C	31	24	0
August	31.2 °C	25.3 °C	27.8 °C	38.0 °C	19.3 °C	31	22	0
September	28.4 °C	22.4 °C	25.0 °C	36.8 °C	13.5 °C	27	8	0
October	24.2 °C	17.4 °C	20.6 °C	33.2 °C	8.3 °C	12	1	0
November	19.7 °C	12.9 °C	16.1 °C	30.3 °C	2.2 °C	2	0	0
December	14.8 °C	7.1 °C	10.8 °C	26.1 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	60 mm	9	11 h/day	61 %	80 %	11 km/h	14.7 °C
February	66 mm	10	11 h/day	67 %	82 %	11 km/h	14.0 °C
March	116 mm	14	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	11 km/h	14.6 °C
April	126 mm	14	13 h/day	75 %	85 %	11 km/h	17.3 °C
May	201 mm	16	13 h/day	78 %	87 %	11 km/h	21.2 °C
June	289 mm	19	14 h/day	88 %	90 %	12 km/h	24.6 °C
July	228 mm	18	14 h/day	74 %	87 %	14 km/h	26.7 °C
August	297 mm	22	13 h/day	70 %	88 %	13 km/h	27.7 °C
September	197 mm	16	12 h/day	65 %	85 %	13 km/h	27.0 °C
October	86 mm	8	12 h/day	51 %	80 %	13 km/h	23.6 °C
November	82 mm	9	11 h/day	60 %	80 %	12 km/h	20.1 °C
December	60 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	78 %	12 km/h	16.7 °C

How Fuding 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
Fuding	32 °C	5.3 °C	1,808 mm	156
Fu’an · China	33 °C	5.6 °C	1,601 mm	176
Rui’an · China	30 °C	5.4 °C	1,672 mm	130
Wenzhou · China	30 °C	4.5 °C	1,749 mm	138
Ningde · China	33 °C	7.1 °C	1,873 mm	177
Lishui · China	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,429 mm	163
Fuzhou · China	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Fuding’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fuding?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October 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 Fuding get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fuding?

August, averaging 297 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 60 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,808 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 Fuding 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: 27.327°, 120.214° (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.