Qingyuan climate

Name: Qingyuan
Address: CN

Qingyuan is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.1 °C. June is the wettest month (441 mm) and December the driest (55 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qingyuan averages 2,471 mm of rain, 216 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 1,738,424 · 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 August 31 °C
Coldest month January 9.1 °C
Driest month December 55 mm
Wettest month June 441 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record September 37 °C
Coldest on record December -1.4 °C

What to expectQingyuan through the year

Qingyuan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 216 days a year reach 25 °C, 99 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 441 mm against 55 mm in December — 8.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.9 °C	81 mm	61 %
February	18.5 °C	114 mm	72 %
March	21.4 °C	227 mm	81 %
April	25.5 °C	322 mm	80 %
May	28.4 °C	396 mm	81 %
June	30.1 °C	441 mm	86 %
July	31.3 °C	278 mm	77 %
August	31.4 °C	279 mm	71 %
September	30.1 °C	159 mm	57 %
October	27.6 °C	59 mm	43 %
November	23.5 °C	61 mm	46 %
December	18.6 °C	55 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.9 °C	9.1 °C	13.0 °C	26.1 °C	0.5 °C	1	0
February	18.5 °C	11.3 °C	14.9 °C	29.7 °C	0.4 °C	2	0
March	21.4 °C	14.6 °C	17.9 °C	29.9 °C	4.1 °C	7	0
April	25.5 °C	19.1 °C	22.0 °C	32.9 °C	8.6 °C	19	2
May	28.4 °C	22.4 °C	25.0 °C	33.6 °C	16.5 °C	28	9
June	30.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.9 °C	35.5 °C	17.2 °C	29	18
July	31.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.8 °C	36.3 °C	21.7 °C	31	24
August	31.4 °C	25.1 °C	27.8 °C	36.3 °C	21.9 °C	31	24
September	30.1 °C	23.5 °C	26.5 °C	36.5 °C	16.0 °C	29	17
October	27.6 °C	19.8 °C	23.5 °C	34.2 °C	9.8 °C	26	6
November	23.5 °C	15.1 °C	19.1 °C	31.1 °C	5.1 °C	11	0
December	18.6 °C	10.0 °C	14.2 °C	26.7 °C	-1.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	81 mm	9	11 h/day	61 %	72 %	13 km/h
February	114 mm	13	11 h/day	72 %	77 %	13 km/h
March	227 mm	20	12 h/day	81 %	81 %	13 km/h
April	322 mm	20	13 h/day	80 %	84 %	13 km/h
May	396 mm	23	13 h/day	81 %	86 %	12 km/h
June	441 mm	25	14 h/day	86 %	88 %	13 km/h
July	278 mm	22	13 h/day	77 %	86 %	13 km/h
August	279 mm	22	13 h/day	71 %	85 %	11 km/h
September	159 mm	14	12 h/day	57 %	81 %	12 km/h
October	59 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	71 %	13 km/h
November	61 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	69 %	13 km/h
December	55 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	67 %	14 km/h

How Qingyuan 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
Qingyuan	31 °C	9.1 °C	2,471 mm	216
Sanshui · China	32 °C	10 °C	1,981 mm	230
Guangzhou · China	32 °C	10 °C	1,888 mm	240
Licheng · China	31 °C	9.6 °C	2,063 mm	234
Zhaoqing · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,814 mm	231
Dongguan · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,922 mm	242
Jiangmen · China	32 °C	11 °C	1,798 mm	244

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Qingyuan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qingyuan?

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, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Qingyuan get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 99 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qingyuan?

June, averaging 441 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is December with 55 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,471 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 Qingyuan 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.