Quzhou climate

Name: Quzhou
Address: CN

Quzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.1 °C. June is the wettest month (380 mm) and October the driest (54 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Quzhou averages 1,751 mm of rain, 157 days above 25 °C and 19 days below freezing.

China · population 902,767 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 2.1 °C
Driest month October 54 mm
Wettest month June 380 mm
Least cloud October 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record December -15 °C

What to expectQuzhou through the year

Quzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.6 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 84 of them reach 30 °C, 19 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 380 mm against 54 mm in October — 7.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.6 °C	83 mm	62 %
February	12.2 °C	97 mm	65 %
March	16.0 °C	174 mm	72 %
April	21.9 °C	199 mm	72 %
May	26.4 °C	226 mm	72 %
June	28.7 °C	380 mm	82 %
July	33.1 °C	165 mm	71 %
August	33.0 °C	142 mm	64 %
September	29.0 °C	83 mm	58 %
October	24.1 °C	54 mm	48 %
November	18.1 °C	83 mm	52 %
December	11.9 °C	65 mm	49 %

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	9.6 °C	2.1 °C	5.8 °C	26.4 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	9
February	12.2 °C	3.8 °C	8.0 °C	27.7 °C	-5.1 °C	1	0	4
March	16.0 °C	7.8 °C	11.8 °C	32.9 °C	-2.7 °C	2	0	0
April	21.9 °C	13.4 °C	17.4 °C	33.5 °C	2.1 °C	9	1	0
May	26.4 °C	18.3 °C	22.1 °C	35.3 °C	8.8 °C	20	5	0
June	28.7 °C	21.8 °C	25.0 °C	35.3 °C	14.5 °C	25	12	0
July	33.1 °C	25.2 °C	28.9 °C	40.2 °C	16.4 °C	30	26	0
August	33.0 °C	25.2 °C	28.7 °C	41.5 °C	16.5 °C	31	25	0
September	29.0 °C	21.2 °C	24.7 °C	39.2 °C	13.3 °C	24	12	0
October	24.1 °C	15.7 °C	19.6 °C	36.9 °C	5.6 °C	13	2	0
November	18.1 °C	10.0 °C	13.9 °C	32.1 °C	-3.1 °C	3	0	0
December	11.9 °C	3.6 °C	7.7 °C	25.0 °C	-15.4 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	83 mm	11	11 h/day	62 %	76 %	12 km/h
February	97 mm	12	11 h/day	65 %	76 %	13 km/h
March	174 mm	16	12 h/day	72 %	78 %	13 km/h
April	199 mm	15	13 h/day	72 %	78 %	12 km/h
May	226 mm	16	14 h/day	72 %	79 %	11 km/h
June	380 mm	18	14 h/day	82 %	84 %	11 km/h
July	165 mm	12	14 h/day	71 %	78 %	12 km/h
August	142 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	76 %	12 km/h
September	83 mm	9	12 h/day	58 %	75 %	12 km/h
October	54 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	71 %	12 km/h
November	83 mm	8	11 h/day	52 %	73 %	12 km/h
December	65 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	73 %	12 km/h

How Quzhou 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
Quzhou	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,751 mm	157
Jinhua · China	33 °C	2.4 °C	1,687 mm	160
Huangshan · China	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,855 mm	145
Shangrao · China	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,793 mm	171
Puyang · China	33 °C	2.3 °C	1,611 mm	155
Guli · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,537 mm	158
Lishui · China	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,429 mm	163

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Quzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Quzhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Quzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 84 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 19 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Quzhou?

June, averaging 380 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is October with 54 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,751 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 Quzhou 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: 28.959°, 118.869° (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.