Jinhua climate

Name: Jinhua
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Jinhua is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.4 °C. June is the wettest month (354 mm) and October the driest (60 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jinhua averages 1,687 mm of rain, 160 days above 25 °C and 17 days below freezing.

China · population 1,463,990 · 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 2.4 °C
Driest month October 60 mm
Wettest month June 354 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -14 °C

What to expectJinhua through the year

Jinhua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 160 days a year reach 25 °C, 85 of them reach 30 °C, 17 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 354 mm against 60 mm in October — 5.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.1 °C	74 mm	61 %
February	12.6 °C	80 mm	64 %
March	16.4 °C	143 mm	70 %
April	22.2 °C	174 mm	72 %
May	26.5 °C	213 mm	72 %
June	28.9 °C	354 mm	83 %
July	33.2 °C	169 mm	71 %
August	33.2 °C	165 mm	64 %
September	29.0 °C	112 mm	61 %
October	24.2 °C	60 mm	50 %
November	18.5 °C	82 mm	54 %
December	12.5 °C	61 mm	50 %

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	10.1 °C	2.4 °C	6.3 °C	25.5 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	8
February	12.6 °C	4.1 °C	8.2 °C	28.3 °C	-4.9 °C	1	0	4
March	16.4 °C	7.8 °C	12.0 °C	32.4 °C	-4.2 °C	2	0	0
April	22.2 °C	13.1 °C	17.4 °C	33.1 °C	2.8 °C	9	1	0
May	26.5 °C	18.1 °C	22.0 °C	36.9 °C	7.6 °C	21	5	0
June	28.9 °C	21.8 °C	25.1 °C	36.7 °C	15.0 °C	25	13	0
July	33.2 °C	25.1 °C	28.9 °C	40.2 °C	17.5 °C	30	26	0
August	33.2 °C	25.2 °C	28.8 °C	41.6 °C	17.4 °C	31	26	0
September	29.0 °C	21.5 °C	24.9 °C	40.1 °C	13.4 °C	25	12	0
October	24.2 °C	16.0 °C	19.8 °C	36.7 °C	6.3 °C	13	2	0
November	18.5 °C	10.4 °C	14.2 °C	31.9 °C	-1.9 °C	3	0	0
December	12.5 °C	4.1 °C	8.2 °C	24.5 °C	-13.9 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	74 mm	10	10 h/day	61 %	74 %	10 km/h
February	80 mm	11	11 h/day	64 %	75 %	11 km/h
March	143 mm	15	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	11 km/h
April	174 mm	15	13 h/day	72 %	77 %	11 km/h
May	213 mm	15	14 h/day	72 %	78 %	11 km/h
June	354 mm	19	14 h/day	83 %	83 %	9.6 km/h
July	169 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	77 %	11 km/h
August	165 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	75 %	12 km/h
September	112 mm	11	12 h/day	61 %	74 %	11 km/h
October	60 mm	7	11 h/day	50 %	70 %	11 km/h
November	82 mm	9	11 h/day	54 %	73 %	10 km/h
December	61 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	72 %	10 km/h

How Jinhua 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
Jinhua	33 °C	2.4 °C	1,687 mm	160
Guli · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,537 mm	158
Puyang · China	33 °C	2.3 °C	1,611 mm	155
Yiwu · China	33 °C	1.8 °C	1,479 mm	154
Lishui · China	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,429 mm	163
Quzhou · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,751 mm	157
Shaoxing · China	33 °C	1.3 °C	1,573 mm	149

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jinhua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jinhua?

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 Jinhua get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 85 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 17 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jinhua?

June, averaging 354 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is October with 60 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,687 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 Jinhua 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.