Meizhou climate

Name: Meizhou
Address: CN

Meizhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.2 °C. June is the wettest month (258 mm) and November the driest (38 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Meizhou averages 1,492 mm of rain, 232 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 992,351 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 8.2 °C
Driest month November 38 mm
Wettest month June 258 mm
Least cloud November 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -3.0 °C

What to expectMeizhou through the year

Meizhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 116 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 258 mm against 38 mm in November — 6.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.1 °C	45 mm	53 %
February	19.7 °C	66 mm	66 %
March	22.4 °C	116 mm	72 %
April	26.2 °C	147 mm	75 %
May	28.7 °C	230 mm	78 %
June	30.3 °C	258 mm	85 %
July	32.1 °C	179 mm	74 %
August	32.1 °C	206 mm	71 %
September	30.9 °C	122 mm	60 %
October	28.9 °C	45 mm	47 %
November	24.9 °C	38 mm	45 %
December	19.6 °C	39 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.1 °C	8.2 °C	12.9 °C	28.1 °C	-1.9 °C	2	0
February	19.7 °C	10.5 °C	14.8 °C	33.4 °C	-0.6 °C	6	0
March	22.4 °C	13.7 °C	17.7 °C	32.9 °C	2.2 °C	10	1
April	26.2 °C	18.1 °C	21.7 °C	36.8 °C	7.0 °C	20	5
May	28.7 °C	21.5 °C	24.6 °C	38.4 °C	14.6 °C	27	11
June	30.3 °C	24.0 °C	26.6 °C	38.3 °C	17.6 °C	29	17
July	32.1 °C	24.8 °C	27.9 °C	39.7 °C	20.5 °C	31	25
August	32.1 °C	24.7 °C	27.8 °C	39.6 °C	21.7 °C	31	24
September	30.9 °C	23.1 °C	26.5 °C	38.9 °C	14.7 °C	29	20
October	28.9 °C	19.4 °C	23.8 °C	37.0 °C	8.6 °C	28	11
November	24.9 °C	14.6 °C	19.4 °C	34.1 °C	4.0 °C	17	2
December	19.6 °C	9.2 °C	14.1 °C	28.9 °C	-3.0 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	45 mm	6	11 h/day	53 %	70 %	11 km/h
February	66 mm	9	11 h/day	66 %	75 %	11 km/h
March	116 mm	13	12 h/day	72 %	79 %	11 km/h
April	147 mm	15	13 h/day	75 %	81 %	11 km/h
May	230 mm	19	13 h/day	78 %	84 %	11 km/h
June	258 mm	21	14 h/day	85 %	86 %	12 km/h
July	179 mm	18	14 h/day	74 %	82 %	12 km/h
August	206 mm	20	13 h/day	71 %	83 %	11 km/h
September	122 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	80 %	10 km/h
October	45 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	68 %	11 km/h
November	38 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	67 %	11 km/h
December	39 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	67 %	11 km/h

How Meizhou 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
Meizhou	32 °C	8.2 °C	1,492 mm	232
Xingning · China	32 °C	8.0 °C	1,555 mm	225
Jieyang · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,519 mm	234
Chaozhou · China	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225
Puning · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,568 mm	231
Huanggang · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Shantou · China	30 °C	12 °C	1,507 mm	200

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Meizhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Meizhou?

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

How hot does Meizhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 116 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Meizhou?

June, averaging 258 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 38 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,492 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 Meizhou 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: 24.289°, 116.118° (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.