Ganzhou climate

Name: Ganzhou
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Ganzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.5 °C. June is the wettest month (261 mm) and December the driest (51 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ganzhou averages 1,527 mm of rain, 188 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

China · population 1,977,253 · 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 4.5 °C
Driest month December 51 mm
Wettest month June 261 mm
Least cloud October 47 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record December -6.2 °C

What to expectGanzhou through the year

Ganzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 188 days a year reach 25 °C, 102 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 261 mm against 51 mm in December — 5.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.5 °C	60 mm	62 %
February	15.1 °C	73 mm	68 %
March	18.5 °C	151 mm	75 %
April	24.2 °C	172 mm	74 %
May	27.8 °C	241 mm	75 %
June	30.1 °C	261 mm	84 %
July	33.2 °C	133 mm	73 %
August	32.9 °C	176 mm	67 %
September	29.8 °C	98 mm	57 %
October	25.7 °C	55 mm	47 %
November	20.2 °C	56 mm	50 %
December	14.4 °C	51 mm	49 %

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	12.5 °C	4.5 °C	8.4 °C	26.9 °C	-4.0 °C	0	0	3
February	15.1 °C	7.0 °C	11.0 °C	30.5 °C	-3.5 °C	2	0	1
March	18.5 °C	10.9 °C	14.6 °C	31.7 °C	-0.3 °C	5	0	0
April	24.2 °C	16.6 °C	20.1 °C	35.8 °C	4.0 °C	15	2	0
May	27.8 °C	20.8 °C	23.9 °C	35.8 °C	12.1 °C	25	9	0
June	30.1 °C	23.9 °C	26.6 °C	36.0 °C	17.9 °C	28	18	0
July	33.2 °C	25.5 °C	28.9 °C	41.1 °C	19.8 °C	31	28	0
August	32.9 °C	25.2 °C	28.5 °C	40.0 °C	19.1 °C	31	26	0
September	29.8 °C	22.4 °C	25.7 °C	38.1 °C	14.1 °C	27	16	0
October	25.7 °C	17.4 °C	21.2 °C	36.2 °C	7.5 °C	18	4	0
November	20.2 °C	11.8 °C	15.7 °C	32.9 °C	1.0 °C	6	1	0
December	14.4 °C	6.0 °C	10.0 °C	26.7 °C	-6.2 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	60 mm	8	11 h/day	62 %	77 %	12 km/h
February	73 mm	10	11 h/day	68 %	79 %	13 km/h
March	151 mm	16	12 h/day	75 %	82 %	13 km/h
April	172 mm	16	13 h/day	74 %	81 %	14 km/h
May	241 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	82 %	13 km/h
June	261 mm	18	14 h/day	84 %	84 %	14 km/h
July	133 mm	14	14 h/day	73 %	76 %	14 km/h
August	176 mm	18	13 h/day	67 %	77 %	12 km/h
September	98 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	77 %	12 km/h
October	55 mm	6	12 h/day	47 %	72 %	13 km/h
November	56 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	74 %	12 km/h
December	51 mm	6	11 h/day	49 %	73 %	13 km/h

How Ganzhou 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
Ganzhou	33 °C	4.5 °C	1,527 mm	188
Ji’an · China	34 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	178
Shaoguan · China	32 °C	6.7 °C	1,903 mm	199
Chenzhou · China	33 °C	3.4 °C	1,575 mm	171
Xingning · China	32 °C	8.0 °C	1,555 mm	225
Meizhou · China	32 °C	8.2 °C	1,492 mm	232
Xinyu · China	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,839 mm	166

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ganzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ganzhou?

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 Ganzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 102 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 4.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ganzhou?

June, averaging 261 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 51 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,527 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 Ganzhou 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: 25.847°, 114.933° (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.