Lishui climate

Name: Lishui
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Lishui is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.0 °C. June is the wettest month (287 mm) and December the driest (53 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lishui averages 1,429 mm of rain, 163 days above 25 °C and 13 days below freezing.

China · population 451,418 · 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 3.0 °C
Driest month December 53 mm
Wettest month June 287 mm
Least cloud December 51 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -10 °C

What to expectLishui through the year

Lishui has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 163 days a year reach 25 °C, 88 of them reach 30 °C, 13 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 287 mm against 53 mm in December — 5.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.8 °C	66 mm	62 %
February	13.3 °C	67 mm	66 %
March	17.1 °C	119 mm	71 %
April	22.7 °C	132 mm	73 %
May	26.7 °C	190 mm	75 %
June	29.3 °C	287 mm	85 %
July	33.2 °C	137 mm	75 %
August	32.8 °C	147 mm	68 %
September	28.7 °C	106 mm	65 %
October	24.1 °C	57 mm	53 %
November	18.7 °C	67 mm	57 %
December	13.0 °C	53 mm	51 %

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	10.8 °C	3.0 °C	6.8 °C	25.9 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	6
February	13.3 °C	4.6 °C	8.7 °C	28.1 °C	-6.2 °C	1	0	3
March	17.1 °C	8.3 °C	12.4 °C	31.5 °C	-3.7 °C	3	0	0
April	22.7 °C	13.5 °C	17.6 °C	33.9 °C	3.3 °C	11	2	0
May	26.7 °C	18.3 °C	22.0 °C	38.0 °C	7.4 °C	21	6	0
June	29.3 °C	22.1 °C	25.2 °C	36.7 °C	14.5 °C	26	14	0
July	33.2 °C	24.9 °C	28.5 °C	40.1 °C	17.5 °C	31	27	0
August	32.8 °C	24.8 °C	28.1 °C	41.4 °C	18.5 °C	31	25	0
September	28.7 °C	21.3 °C	24.6 °C	39.4 °C	13.7 °C	24	12	0
October	24.1 °C	16.0 °C	19.6 °C	35.3 °C	6.6 °C	13	2	0
November	18.7 °C	10.7 °C	14.4 °C	31.1 °C	-1.5 °C	3	0	0
December	13.0 °C	4.6 °C	8.7 °C	26.2 °C	-10.1 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	66 mm	9	11 h/day	62 %	75 %	9.6 km/h
February	67 mm	10	11 h/day	66 %	77 %	10 km/h
March	119 mm	14	12 h/day	71 %	78 %	11 km/h
April	132 mm	14	13 h/day	73 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	190 mm	15	14 h/day	75 %	79 %	10 km/h
June	287 mm	18	14 h/day	85 %	84 %	9.3 km/h
July	137 mm	12	14 h/day	75 %	80 %	11 km/h
August	147 mm	15	13 h/day	68 %	80 %	11 km/h
September	106 mm	11	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	10 km/h
October	57 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	74 %	9.6 km/h
November	67 mm	8	11 h/day	57 %	76 %	9.4 km/h
December	53 mm	7	10 h/day	51 %	73 %	9.6 km/h

How Lishui 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
Lishui	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,429 mm	163
Guli · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,537 mm	158
Jinhua · China	33 °C	2.4 °C	1,687 mm	160
Wenzhou · China	30 °C	4.5 °C	1,749 mm	138
Yiwu · China	33 °C	1.8 °C	1,479 mm	154
Rui’an · China	30 °C	5.4 °C	1,672 mm	130
Puyang · China	33 °C	2.3 °C	1,611 mm	155

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lishui’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lishui?

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 Lishui get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 88 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 3.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 13 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Lishui?

June, averaging 287 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 53 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,429 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 Lishui 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: 28.460°, 119.910° (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.