Pizhou climate
Pizhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.7 °C. July is the wettest month (230 mm) and December the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Pizhou averages 914 mm of rain, 138 days above 25 °C and 77 days below freezing.
China · population 343,421 · 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 -3.7 °C
- Driest month December 18 mm
- Wettest month July 230 mm
- Least cloud December 45 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 39 °C
- Coldest on record January -15 °C
What to expectPizhou through the year
Pizhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 138 days a year reach 25 °C, 59 of them reach 30 °C, 77 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 230 mm against 18 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0 °C | 20 mm | 50 % |
| February | 9.0 °C | 24 mm | 56 % |
| March | 14.3 °C | 38 mm | 58 % |
| April | 20.9 °C | 46 mm | 57 % |
| May | 26.0 °C | 77 mm | 62 % |
| June | 29.8 °C | 121 mm | 63 % |
| July | 30.9 °C | 230 mm | 68 % |
| August | 29.8 °C | 176 mm | 62 % |
| September | 26.3 °C | 86 mm | 56 % |
| October | 21.4 °C | 43 mm | 50 % |
| November | 14.4 °C | 34 mm | 47 % |
| December | 7.8 °C | 18 mm | 45 % |
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 | 6.0 °C | -3.7 °C | 0.9 °C | 17.9 °C | -15.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| February | 9.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 3.7 °C | 25.0 °C | -14.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| March | 14.3 °C | 3.7 °C | 8.8 °C | 28.6 °C | -6.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| April | 20.9 °C | 10.2 °C | 15.3 °C | 34.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 26.0 °C | 15.9 °C | 20.8 °C | 35.6 °C | 5.8 °C | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| June | 29.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 25.0 °C | 38.6 °C | 12.9 °C | 28 | 16 | 0 |
| July | 30.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 27.1 °C | 38.3 °C | 18.1 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| August | 29.8 °C | 23.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 37.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| September | 26.3 °C | 18.1 °C | 22.0 °C | 34.1 °C | 9.5 °C | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 21.4 °C | 11.9 °C | 16.4 °C | 33.6 °C | 1.1 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 14.4 °C | 4.7 °C | 9.3 °C | 26.9 °C | -14.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 7.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 2.8 °C | 19.5 °C | -13.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 mm | 3 | 10 h/day | 50 % | 66 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 24 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 56 % | 65 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 38 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 65 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 46 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 64 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 77 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 62 % | 66 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 121 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 63 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 230 mm | 15 | 14 h/day | 68 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 176 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 62 % | 83 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 86 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 76 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 43 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 50 % | 69 % | 14 km/h |
| November | 34 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 47 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 18 mm | 3 | 9.9 h/day | 45 % | 68 % | 14 km/h |
Where Pizhou ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in October | 37th of 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in October | 47th of 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pizhou.
QuestionsCommon questions about Pizhou’s climate
When is the best time to visit Pizhou?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, 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 Pizhou get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 59 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -3.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 77 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Pizhou?
July, averaging 230 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 914 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 Pizhou 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
- 34.311°, 117.950° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.