Fuzhou climate

Name: Fuzhou
Address: CN

Fuzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.0 °C. June is the wettest month (363 mm) and October the driest (58 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fuzhou averages 1,865 mm of rain, 172 days above 25 °C and 12 days below freezing.

China · population 1,089,888 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 3.0 °C
Driest month October 58 mm
Wettest month June 363 mm
Least cloud October 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -13 °C

What to expectFuzhou through the year

Fuzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 172 days a year reach 25 °C, 95 of them reach 30 °C, 12 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 363 mm against 58 mm in October — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.6 °C	81 mm	66 %
February	13.4 °C	96 mm	68 %
March	17.2 °C	205 mm	74 %
April	23.2 °C	244 mm	74 %
May	27.3 °C	268 mm	72 %
June	29.7 °C	363 mm	81 %
July	33.5 °C	186 mm	70 %
August	33.0 °C	141 mm	63 %
September	29.5 °C	76 mm	53 %
October	24.9 °C	58 mm	49 %
November	18.9 °C	85 mm	54 %
December	12.8 °C	62 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	10.6 °C	3.0 °C	6.8 °C	26.7 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	6
February	13.4 °C	5.2 °C	9.3 °C	28.9 °C	-3.8 °C	1	0	2
March	17.2 °C	9.2 °C	13.1 °C	31.6 °C	-3.8 °C	3	0	0
April	23.2 °C	15.1 °C	18.9 °C	33.0 °C	3.7 °C	12	2	0
May	27.3 °C	19.7 °C	23.2 °C	34.9 °C	10.0 °C	23	8	0
June	29.7 °C	23.4 °C	26.2 °C	35.5 °C	15.7 °C	27	15	0
July	33.5 °C	26.3 °C	29.5 °C	39.8 °C	18.7 °C	30	27	0
August	33.0 °C	25.7 °C	29.0 °C	40.5 °C	18.3 °C	31	26	0
September	29.5 °C	22.0 °C	25.5 °C	38.7 °C	12.8 °C	26	14	0
October	24.9 °C	16.6 °C	20.4 °C	37.2 °C	7.4 °C	15	3	0
November	18.9 °C	10.6 °C	14.5 °C	32.5 °C	-1.2 °C	3	0	0
December	12.8 °C	4.6 °C	8.5 °C	27.7 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	81 mm	10	11 h/day	66 %	77 %	13 km/h
February	96 mm	12	11 h/day	68 %	77 %	13 km/h
March	205 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	14 km/h
April	244 mm	17	13 h/day	74 %	79 %	14 km/h
May	268 mm	17	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	13 km/h
June	363 mm	18	14 h/day	81 %	82 %	13 km/h
July	186 mm	13	14 h/day	70 %	74 %	14 km/h
August	141 mm	14	13 h/day	63 %	76 %	13 km/h
September	76 mm	8	12 h/day	53 %	75 %	13 km/h
October	58 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	71 %	14 km/h
November	85 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	75 %	13 km/h
December	62 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	75 %	13 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	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,865 mm	172
Yingtan · China	33 °C	3.2 °C	1,966 mm	174
Nanchang · China	33 °C	2.5 °C	1,665 mm	161
Xinyu · China	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,839 mm	166
Ji’an · China	34 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	178
Shangrao · China	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,793 mm	171
Jingdezhen · China	33 °C	2.0 °C	2,184 mm	164

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 October 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 33 °C. About 95 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 12 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fuzhou?

June, averaging 363 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is October with 58 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,865 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: 27.960°, 116.333° (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.