Puning climate

Name: Puning
Address: CN

Puning is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. August is the wettest month (281 mm) and January the driest (32 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Puning averages 1,568 mm of rain, 231 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 874,954 · 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 10 °C
Driest month January 32 mm
Wettest month August 281 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record May 39 °C
Coldest on record December -0.5 °C

What to expectPuning through the year

Puning has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 231 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 281 mm against 32 mm in January — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.2 °C	32 mm	52 %
February	20.3 °C	44 mm	65 %
March	23.1 °C	67 mm	70 %
April	26.3 °C	117 mm	73 %
May	28.6 °C	207 mm	78 %
June	30.0 °C	266 mm	85 %
July	31.0 °C	227 mm	76 %
August	30.9 °C	281 mm	74 %
September	29.8 °C	183 mm	62 %
October	27.9 °C	55 mm	46 %
November	24.9 °C	51 mm	47 %
December	20.6 °C	38 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.2 °C	10.3 °C	14.4 °C	29.0 °C	0.0 °C	1	0
February	20.3 °C	12.1 °C	15.7 °C	30.6 °C	2.5 °C	4	0
March	23.1 °C	15.0 °C	18.5 °C	32.5 °C	4.4 °C	10	1
April	26.3 °C	18.9 °C	22.1 °C	34.7 °C	9.3 °C	19	4
May	28.6 °C	22.3 °C	25.0 °C	38.7 °C	15.4 °C	28	9
June	30.0 °C	24.8 °C	27.0 °C	38.0 °C	18.2 °C	29	16
July	31.0 °C	25.3 °C	27.8 °C	38.5 °C	22.2 °C	31	22
August	30.9 °C	25.1 °C	27.5 °C	36.3 °C	22.2 °C	31	22
September	29.8 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	36.1 °C	17.9 °C	30	15
October	27.9 °C	20.1 °C	23.6 °C	34.3 °C	9.7 °C	28	4
November	24.9 °C	16.2 °C	20.2 °C	32.2 °C	4.9 °C	16	1
December	20.6 °C	11.5 °C	15.8 °C	29.3 °C	-0.5 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	5	11 h/day	52 %	73 %	14 km/h
February	44 mm	7	11 h/day	65 %	76 %	14 km/h
March	67 mm	10	12 h/day	70 %	78 %	15 km/h
April	117 mm	12	13 h/day	73 %	81 %	15 km/h
May	207 mm	18	13 h/day	78 %	84 %	14 km/h
June	266 mm	22	14 h/day	85 %	87 %	16 km/h
July	227 mm	22	13 h/day	76 %	86 %	15 km/h
August	281 mm	23	13 h/day	74 %	87 %	14 km/h
September	183 mm	16	12 h/day	62 %	84 %	13 km/h
October	55 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	75 %	15 km/h
November	51 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	73 %	15 km/h
December	38 mm	5	11 h/day	48 %	71 %	14 km/h

How Puning 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
Puning	31 °C	10 °C	1,568 mm	231
Jieyang · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,519 mm	234
Shantou · China	30 °C	12 °C	1,507 mm	200
Chaozhou · China	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225
Donghai · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,776 mm	233
Huanggang · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Shanwei · China	30 °C	12 °C	1,877 mm	214

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Puning’s climate

When is the best time to visit Puning?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Puning get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 93 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 10 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Puning?

August, averaging 281 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is January with 32 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,568 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 Puning 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.