Gaozhou climate

Name: Gaozhou
Address: CN

Gaozhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. June is the wettest month (327 mm) and December the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gaozhou averages 1,755 mm of rain and 266 days above 25 °C.

China · population 292,164 · 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 12 °C
Driest month December 34 mm
Wettest month June 327 mm
Least cloud October 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record December 0.7 °C

What to expectGaozhou through the year

Gaozhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 266 days a year reach 25 °C, 119 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 327 mm against 34 mm in December — 9.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.7 °C	43 mm	63 %
February	22.1 °C	46 mm	71 %
March	24.9 °C	88 mm	75 %
April	27.7 °C	157 mm	73 %
May	29.7 °C	273 mm	77 %
June	30.6 °C	327 mm	85 %
July	31.1 °C	256 mm	78 %
August	30.9 °C	276 mm	76 %
September	30.2 °C	159 mm	62 %
October	28.9 °C	60 mm	45 %
November	26.3 °C	36 mm	47 %
December	22.1 °C	34 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.7 °C	11.9 °C	16.2 °C	29.5 °C	1.3 °C	4	0
February	22.1 °C	14.0 °C	17.8 °C	31.2 °C	2.3 °C	9	0
March	24.9 °C	17.5 °C	20.8 °C	31.4 °C	5.6 °C	18	1
April	27.7 °C	21.0 °C	23.8 °C	35.7 °C	10.3 °C	25	6
May	29.7 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	35.7 °C	16.2 °C	30	16
June	30.6 °C	24.9 °C	27.3 °C	34.2 °C	19.6 °C	30	21
July	31.1 °C	25.1 °C	27.6 °C	35.9 °C	21.7 °C	31	23
August	30.9 °C	24.7 °C	27.2 °C	34.8 °C	22.5 °C	31	23
September	30.2 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	35.1 °C	17.1 °C	30	18
October	28.9 °C	20.4 °C	24.3 °C	33.4 °C	9.8 °C	29	10
November	26.3 °C	16.8 °C	21.2 °C	33.0 °C	6.0 °C	21	2
December	22.1 °C	12.6 °C	17.1 °C	29.8 °C	0.7 °C	7	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	43 mm	7	11 h/day	63 %	73 %	13 km/h
February	46 mm	8	11 h/day	71 %	77 %	14 km/h
March	88 mm	12	12 h/day	75 %	80 %	15 km/h
April	157 mm	16	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	15 km/h
May	273 mm	22	13 h/day	77 %	85 %	13 km/h
June	327 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	87 %	14 km/h
July	256 mm	23	13 h/day	78 %	86 %	14 km/h
August	276 mm	24	13 h/day	76 %	87 %	12 km/h
September	159 mm	16	12 h/day	62 %	84 %	12 km/h
October	60 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	74 %	12 km/h
November	36 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	69 %	13 km/h
December	34 mm	5	11 h/day	53 %	67 %	13 km/h

How Gaozhou 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
Gaozhou	31 °C	12 °C	1,755 mm	266
Maoming · China	31 °C	13 °C	1,946 mm	267
Zhanjiang · China	31 °C	13 °C	1,478 mm	255
Yangchun · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,823 mm	240
Beiliu · China	31 °C	9.8 °C	1,851 mm	238
Yulin · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,789 mm	240
Yangjiang · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,867 mm	246

Where Gaozhou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	4thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in December	6thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gaozhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gaozhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November 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 Gaozhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 119 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gaozhou?

June, averaging 327 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,755 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 Gaozhou 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
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.