Fuzhou climate

Name: Fuzhou
Address: CN

Fuzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.1 °C. June is the wettest month (246 mm) and December the driest (52 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fuzhou averages 1,609 mm of rain, 170 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 3,740,000 · 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 7.1 °C
Driest month December 52 mm
Wettest month June 246 mm
Least cloud October 56 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -3.1 °C

What to expectFuzhou through the year

Fuzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 170 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 246 mm against 52 mm in December — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.3 °C	57 mm	65 %
February	15.2 °C	72 mm	71 %
March	18.2 °C	128 mm	72 %
April	22.8 °C	132 mm	75 %
May	26.3 °C	222 mm	79 %
June	29.4 °C	246 mm	87 %
July	32.4 °C	176 mm	72 %
August	31.5 °C	239 mm	71 %
September	28.8 °C	163 mm	67 %
October	25.0 °C	62 mm	56 %
November	20.9 °C	59 mm	66 %
December	16.2 °C	52 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.3 °C	7.1 °C	10.4 °C	29.0 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0
February	15.2 °C	7.9 °C	11.2 °C	30.0 °C	-1.1 °C	1	0
March	18.2 °C	10.6 °C	13.9 °C	30.3 °C	1.7 °C	4	0
April	22.8 °C	15.3 °C	18.5 °C	35.7 °C	5.9 °C	10	2
May	26.3 °C	19.6 °C	22.5 °C	38.4 °C	12.3 °C	20	5
June	29.4 °C	23.4 °C	25.9 °C	38.6 °C	15.0 °C	27	14
July	32.4 °C	25.4 °C	28.4 °C	40.0 °C	20.2 °C	31	25
August	31.5 °C	25.2 °C	27.8 °C	38.9 °C	20.6 °C	31	22
September	28.8 °C	22.8 °C	25.4 °C	36.5 °C	15.6 °C	27	10
October	25.0 °C	18.2 °C	21.3 °C	35.1 °C	9.1 °C	15	1
November	20.9 °C	14.2 °C	17.3 °C	31.8 °C	3.7 °C	4	0
December	16.2 °C	8.9 °C	12.4 °C	27.6 °C	-3.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	57 mm	7	11 h/day	65 %	79 %	10 km/h
February	72 mm	10	11 h/day	71 %	82 %	10 km/h
March	128 mm	14	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	10 km/h
April	132 mm	14	13 h/day	75 %	83 %	11 km/h
May	222 mm	16	13 h/day	79 %	85 %	11 km/h
June	246 mm	18	14 h/day	87 %	87 %	11 km/h
July	176 mm	16	14 h/day	72 %	84 %	13 km/h
August	239 mm	21	13 h/day	71 %	85 %	12 km/h
September	163 mm	14	12 h/day	67 %	84 %	12 km/h
October	62 mm	7	12 h/day	56 %	78 %	13 km/h
November	59 mm	7	11 h/day	66 %	78 %	12 km/h
December	52 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	77 %	11 km/h

How Fuzhou 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
Fuzhou	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170
Ningde · China	33 °C	7.1 °C	1,873 mm	177
Putian · China	31 °C	8.7 °C	1,479 mm	179
Fu’an · China	33 °C	5.6 °C	1,601 mm	176
Nanping · China	34 °C	6.8 °C	1,523 mm	199
Quanzhou · China	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Jinjiang · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Fuzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fuzhou?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Fuzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 80 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 7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fuzhou?

June, averaging 246 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 52 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,609 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 Fuzhou 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: 26.061°, 119.306° (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.