Putian climate

Name: Putian
Address: CN

Putian is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.7 °C. August is the wettest month (266 mm) and December the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Putian averages 1,479 mm of rain, 179 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 1,539,389 · 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 8.7 °C
Driest month December 40 mm
Wettest month August 266 mm
Least cloud October 50 % cloud
Hottest on record September 39 °C
Coldest on record January -0.2 °C

What to expectPutian through the year

Putian has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 179 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 266 mm against 40 mm in December — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	41 mm	57 %
February	16.3 °C	56 mm	65 %
March	19.0 °C	101 mm	67 %
April	23.2 °C	111 mm	72 %
May	26.3 °C	190 mm	77 %
June	28.8 °C	247 mm	86 %
July	31.1 °C	184 mm	72 %
August	30.6 °C	266 mm	70 %
September	29.0 °C	145 mm	63 %
October	25.9 °C	53 mm	50 %
November	22.0 °C	45 mm	57 %
December	17.4 °C	40 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.6 °C	8.7 °C	11.8 °C	26.9 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0
February	16.3 °C	9.4 °C	12.5 °C	28.7 °C	0.8 °C	1	0
March	19.0 °C	11.9 °C	15.0 °C	29.3 °C	1.3 °C	3	0
April	23.2 °C	16.3 °C	19.3 °C	33.1 °C	6.8 °C	11	1
May	26.3 °C	20.4 °C	23.0 °C	35.3 °C	13.2 °C	21	3
June	28.8 °C	23.9 °C	26.0 °C	36.0 °C	15.7 °C	27	10
July	31.1 °C	25.4 °C	27.9 °C	37.5 °C	20.9 °C	31	23
August	30.6 °C	25.2 °C	27.6 °C	38.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	20
September	29.0 °C	23.4 °C	25.8 °C	38.6 °C	15.8 °C	28	10
October	25.9 °C	19.7 °C	22.4 °C	36.0 °C	11.6 °C	20	1
November	22.0 °C	15.9 °C	18.6 °C	32.0 °C	5.3 °C	6	0
December	17.4 °C	10.7 °C	13.8 °C	28.1 °C	0.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	6	11 h/day	57 %	74 %	14 km/h
February	56 mm	8	11 h/day	65 %	77 %	14 km/h
March	101 mm	12	12 h/day	67 %	79 %	14 km/h
April	111 mm	12	13 h/day	72 %	80 %	14 km/h
May	190 mm	16	13 h/day	77 %	84 %	13 km/h
June	247 mm	18	14 h/day	86 %	88 %	15 km/h
July	184 mm	15	14 h/day	72 %	85 %	15 km/h
August	266 mm	20	13 h/day	70 %	86 %	14 km/h
September	145 mm	13	12 h/day	63 %	81 %	15 km/h
October	53 mm	5	12 h/day	50 %	72 %	17 km/h
November	45 mm	5	11 h/day	57 %	73 %	16 km/h
December	40 mm	5	11 h/day	53 %	71 %	15 km/h

How Putian 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
Putian	31 °C	8.7 °C	1,479 mm	179
Quanzhou · China	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Fuzhou · China	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170
Jinjiang · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189
Xiamen · China	31 °C	10.0 °C	1,421 mm	198
Ningde · China	33 °C	7.1 °C	1,873 mm	177
Nanping · China	34 °C	6.8 °C	1,523 mm	199

Where Putian ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	28th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Putian’s climate

When is the best time to visit Putian?

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

How hot does Putian get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 68 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 8.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Putian?

August, averaging 266 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is December with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,479 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 Putian 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: 25.439°, 119.010° (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.