Quanzhou climate

Name: Quanzhou
Address: CN

Quanzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.4 °C. August is the wettest month (251 mm) and January the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Quanzhou averages 1,344 mm of rain, 202 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 1,469,157 · 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 9.4 °C
Driest month January 33 mm
Wettest month August 251 mm
Least cloud October 45 % cloud
Hottest on record September 40 °C
Coldest on record January -0.2 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectQuanzhou through the year

Quanzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 202 days a year reach 25 °C, 86 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 251 mm against 33 mm in January — 7.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Quanzhou is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.1 °C	33 mm	50 %
February	17.9 °C	49 mm	60 %
March	20.6 °C	84 mm	65 %
April	24.5 °C	95 mm	70 %
May	27.4 °C	170 mm	76 %
June	29.4 °C	221 mm	85 %
July	31.6 °C	179 mm	71 %
August	31.3 °C	251 mm	69 %
September	29.8 °C	126 mm	60 %
October	27.2 °C	52 mm	45 %
November	23.5 °C	48 mm	50 %
December	18.9 °C	37 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	17.1 °C	9.4 °C	12.7 °C	27.3 °C	-0.2 °C	1	0
February	17.9 °C	10.2 °C	13.5 °C	29.1 °C	1.4 °C	2	0
March	20.6 °C	12.7 °C	16.0 °C	30.6 °C	2.6 °C	6	0
April	24.5 °C	16.9 °C	20.1 °C	34.4 °C	8.4 °C	15	2
May	27.4 °C	20.9 °C	23.6 °C	37.0 °C	13.6 °C	24	6
June	29.4 °C	24.2 °C	26.4 °C	36.9 °C	16.5 °C	28	12
July	31.6 °C	25.6 °C	28.1 °C	39.2 °C	22.6 °C	31	24
August	31.3 °C	25.4 °C	27.8 °C	38.7 °C	20.9 °C	31	22
September	29.8 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	40.2 °C	16.4 °C	29	15
October	27.2 °C	20.2 °C	23.2 °C	36.7 °C	11.7 °C	25	4
November	23.5 °C	16.4 °C	19.4 °C	32.5 °C	6.1 °C	10	1
December	18.9 °C	11.3 °C	14.7 °C	29.8 °C	-0.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	33 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	71 %	15 km/h	15.5 °C
February	49 mm	7	11 h/day	60 %	73 %	15 km/h	15.2 °C
March	84 mm	11	12 h/day	65 %	75 %	15 km/h	17.3 °C
April	95 mm	11	13 h/day	70 %	77 %	15 km/h	20.1 °C
May	170 mm	15	13 h/day	76 %	81 %	14 km/h	23.1 °C
June	221 mm	18	14 h/day	85 %	86 %	15 km/h	25.9 °C
July	179 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	83 %	16 km/h	27.3 °C
August	251 mm	19	13 h/day	69 %	84 %	14 km/h	27.5 °C
September	126 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	78 %	15 km/h	27.2 °C
October	52 mm	4	12 h/day	45 %	68 %	18 km/h	24.6 °C
November	48 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	69 %	16 km/h	21.3 °C
December	37 mm	4	11 h/day	47 %	68 %	15 km/h	18.1 °C

How Quanzhou 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
Quanzhou	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Jinjiang · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189
Xiamen · China	31 °C	10.0 °C	1,421 mm	198
Putian · China	31 °C	8.7 °C	1,479 mm	179
Zhangzhou · China	32 °C	9.2 °C	1,477 mm	219
Fuzhou · China	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170
Longyan · China	31 °C	7.5 °C	1,720 mm	202

Where Quanzhou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	8th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	25th of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	31st of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Quanzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Quanzhou?

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

How hot does Quanzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 86 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 9.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Quanzhou?

August, averaging 251 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is January with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,344 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 Quanzhou 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: 24.914°, 118.586° (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.