Guilin climate

Name: Guilin
Address: CN

Guilin is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.4 °C. June is the wettest month (407 mm) and December the driest (72 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Guilin averages 2,186 mm of rain, 171 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

China · population 1,572,300 · 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 August 31 °C
Coldest month January 5.4 °C
Driest month December 72 mm
Wettest month June 407 mm
Least cloud October 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record January -6.5 °C

What to expectGuilin through the year

Guilin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 171 days a year reach 25 °C, 65 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 407 mm against 72 mm in December — 5.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.4 °C	100 mm	71 %
February	14.7 °C	111 mm	76 %
March	17.8 °C	228 mm	81 %
April	23.0 °C	288 mm	78 %
May	26.4 °C	357 mm	76 %
June	28.6 °C	407 mm	83 %
July	30.2 °C	237 mm	76 %
August	30.6 °C	149 mm	67 %
September	29.1 °C	74 mm	54 %
October	25.1 °C	75 mm	50 %
November	19.9 °C	90 mm	53 %
December	14.7 °C	72 mm	55 %

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	12.4 °C	5.4 °C	9.0 °C	23.8 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	1
February	14.7 °C	7.8 °C	11.3 °C	29.0 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0	1
March	17.8 °C	11.3 °C	14.6 °C	28.6 °C	1.2 °C	2	0	0
April	23.0 °C	16.3 °C	19.5 °C	31.6 °C	4.6 °C	11	0	0
May	26.4 °C	20.1 °C	23.0 °C	33.2 °C	10.9 °C	22	2	0
June	28.6 °C	23.0 °C	25.4 °C	33.3 °C	14.8 °C	27	9	0
July	30.2 °C	24.2 °C	26.8 °C	35.7 °C	17.7 °C	30	18	0
August	30.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.0 °C	37.1 °C	17.6 °C	30	20	0
September	29.1 °C	21.5 °C	25.0 °C	36.2 °C	12.0 °C	27	13	0
October	25.1 °C	17.0 °C	20.8 °C	34.0 °C	5.9 °C	18	2	0
November	19.9 °C	11.8 °C	15.7 °C	29.2 °C	1.7 °C	4	0	0
December	14.7 °C	6.7 °C	10.7 °C	25.5 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	100 mm	14	11 h/day	71 %	74 %	13 km/h
February	111 mm	15	11 h/day	76 %	77 %	13 km/h
March	228 mm	21	12 h/day	81 %	81 %	13 km/h
April	288 mm	21	13 h/day	78 %	82 %	13 km/h
May	357 mm	22	13 h/day	76 %	83 %	12 km/h
June	407 mm	23	14 h/day	83 %	86 %	11 km/h
July	237 mm	20	14 h/day	76 %	83 %	12 km/h
August	149 mm	16	13 h/day	67 %	80 %	11 km/h
September	74 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	73 %	12 km/h
October	75 mm	7	12 h/day	50 %	69 %	13 km/h
November	90 mm	9	11 h/day	53 %	71 %	13 km/h
December	72 mm	9	11 h/day	55 %	69 %	13 km/h

How Guilin 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
Guilin	31 °C	5.4 °C	2,186 mm	171
Liuzhou · China	32 °C	7.5 °C	2,270 mm	203
Hezhou · China	31 °C	6.1 °C	2,125 mm	195
Yongzhou · China	33 °C	3.7 °C	1,523 mm	169
Yizhou · China	31 °C	7.1 °C	2,107 mm	195
Laibin · China	31 °C	8.3 °C	1,868 mm	212
Wuzhou · China	31 °C	9.1 °C	1,811 mm	224

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Guilin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Guilin?

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, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Guilin get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 65 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Guilin?

June, averaging 407 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 72 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,186 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 Guilin 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: 25.280°, 110.296° (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.