Jinjiang climate

Name: Jinjiang
Address: CN

Jinjiang is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.9 °C. August is the wettest month (229 mm) and January the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jinjiang averages 1,271 mm of rain and 189 days above 25 °C.

China · population 1,416,151 · 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 9.9 °C
Driest month January 36 mm
Wettest month August 229 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January 0.5 °C

What to expectJinjiang through the year

Jinjiang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 189 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 229 mm against 36 mm in January — 6.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.5 °C	36 mm	49 %
February	17.2 °C	56 mm	59 %
March	19.8 °C	85 mm	63 %
April	23.6 °C	93 mm	67 %
May	26.7 °C	154 mm	73 %
June	28.8 °C	201 mm	83 %
July	30.9 °C	161 mm	68 %
August	30.6 °C	229 mm	66 %
September	29.4 °C	120 mm	57 %
October	26.8 °C	50 mm	43 %
November	23.0 °C	47 mm	48 %
December	18.4 °C	39 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.5 °C	9.9 °C	12.8 °C	27.4 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
February	17.2 °C	10.5 °C	13.3 °C	28.6 °C	3.0 °C	1	0
March	19.8 °C	12.9 °C	15.8 °C	30.7 °C	4.7 °C	3	0
April	23.6 °C	17.0 °C	19.8 °C	31.7 °C	8.9 °C	11	1
May	26.7 °C	21.0 °C	23.4 °C	36.4 °C	13.9 °C	23	3
June	28.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.2 °C	35.0 °C	17.2 °C	28	9
July	30.9 °C	25.7 °C	27.9 °C	37.8 °C	23.1 °C	31	21
August	30.6 °C	25.5 °C	27.7 °C	37.8 °C	21.8 °C	31	20
September	29.4 °C	24.0 °C	26.3 °C	37.8 °C	16.5 °C	29	12
October	26.8 °C	20.6 °C	23.2 °C	36.4 °C	12.3 °C	24	2
November	23.0 °C	16.8 °C	19.4 °C	31.4 °C	8.3 °C	8	0
December	18.4 °C	11.9 °C	14.8 °C	29.8 °C	1.7 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	6	11 h/day	49 %	71 %	23 km/h
February	56 mm	8	11 h/day	59 %	74 %	23 km/h
March	85 mm	11	12 h/day	63 %	76 %	22 km/h
April	93 mm	10	13 h/day	67 %	78 %	21 km/h
May	154 mm	14	13 h/day	73 %	82 %	20 km/h
June	201 mm	17	14 h/day	83 %	86 %	21 km/h
July	161 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	84 %	21 km/h
August	229 mm	17	13 h/day	66 %	84 %	19 km/h
September	120 mm	11	12 h/day	57 %	78 %	21 km/h
October	50 mm	3	12 h/day	43 %	69 %	26 km/h
November	47 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	69 %	25 km/h
December	39 mm	5	11 h/day	46 %	69 %	25 km/h

How Jinjiang 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
Jinjiang	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189
Quanzhou · China	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Xiamen · China	31 °C	10.0 °C	1,421 mm	198
Putian · China	31 °C	8.7 °C	1,479 mm	179
Zhangzhou · China	32 °C	9.2 °C	1,477 mm	219
Fuzhou · China	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170
Longyan · China	31 °C	7.5 °C	1,720 mm	202

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jinjiang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jinjiang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jinjiang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.9 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Jinjiang?

August, averaging 229 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is January with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,271 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 Jinjiang 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: 24.820°, 118.574° (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.