Rui’an climate
Rui’an is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.4 °C. June is the wettest month (284 mm) and December the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rui’an averages 1,672 mm of rain, 130 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.
China · population 927,383 · 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 30 °C
- Coldest month January 5.4 °C
- Driest month December 50 mm
- Wettest month June 284 mm
- Least cloud October 51 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 36 °C
- Coldest on record February -4.7 °C
- Warmest sea August 28 °C
What to expectRui’an through the year
Rui’an has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 130 days a year reach 25 °C, 38 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 284 mm against 50 mm in December — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Rui’an is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 13 °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 | 11.8 °C | 56 mm | 60 % |
| February | 12.7 °C | 63 mm | 67 % |
| March | 15.3 °C | 110 mm | 72 % |
| April | 19.6 °C | 124 mm | 76 % |
| May | 23.7 °C | 184 mm | 79 % |
| June | 27.0 °C | 284 mm | 88 % |
| July | 30.0 °C | 201 mm | 75 % |
| August | 30.0 °C | 266 mm | 70 % |
| September | 27.5 °C | 181 mm | 65 % |
| October | 23.6 °C | 80 mm | 51 % |
| November | 19.1 °C | 72 mm | 58 % |
| December | 14.0 °C | 50 mm | 52 % |
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 | 11.8 °C | 5.4 °C | 8.6 °C | 21.5 °C | -3.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| February | 12.7 °C | 6.5 °C | 9.5 °C | 23.8 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 15.3 °C | 9.4 °C | 12.2 °C | 24.4 °C | 0.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 19.6 °C | 13.9 °C | 16.5 °C | 28.3 °C | 5.6 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 23.7 °C | 18.8 °C | 21.1 °C | 31.9 °C | 10.2 °C | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 27.0 °C | 22.9 °C | 24.7 °C | 33.7 °C | 14.7 °C | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 30.0 °C | 25.8 °C | 27.7 °C | 34.7 °C | 19.8 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| August | 30.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 27.6 °C | 35.8 °C | 21.0 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
| September | 27.5 °C | 22.7 °C | 24.9 °C | 34.9 °C | 13.7 °C | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 23.6 °C | 17.8 °C | 20.6 °C | 31.1 °C | 8.7 °C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 19.1 °C | 13.1 °C | 16.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 2.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 14.0 °C | 7.3 °C | 10.6 °C | 24.0 °C | -4.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 60 % | 74 % | 12 km/h | 14.3 °C |
| February | 63 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 78 % | 12 km/h | 13.3 °C |
| March | 110 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 81 % | 12 km/h | 13.9 °C |
| April | 124 mm | 14 | 13 h/day | 76 % | 83 % | 12 km/h | 16.3 °C |
| May | 184 mm | 16 | 14 h/day | 79 % | 86 % | 12 km/h | 20.6 °C |
| June | 284 mm | 19 | 14 h/day | 88 % | 89 % | 13 km/h | 24.2 °C |
| July | 201 mm | 19 | 14 h/day | 75 % | 88 % | 15 km/h | 27.0 °C |
| August | 266 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 70 % | 87 % | 14 km/h | 28.1 °C |
| September | 181 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 81 % | 13 km/h | 26.9 °C |
| October | 80 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 76 % | 13 km/h | 23.2 °C |
| November | 72 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 76 % | 12 km/h | 19.6 °C |
| December | 50 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 52 % | 72 % | 12 km/h | 16.2 °C |
How Rui’an 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rui’an | 30 °C | 5.4 °C | 1,672 mm | 130 |
| Wenzhou · China | 30 °C | 4.5 °C | 1,749 mm | 138 |
| Fuding · China | 32 °C | 5.3 °C | 1,808 mm | 156 |
| Lishui · China | 33 °C | 3.0 °C | 1,429 mm | 163 |
| Taizhou · China | 32 °C | 3.5 °C | 1,540 mm | 143 |
| Fu’an · China | 33 °C | 5.6 °C | 1,601 mm | 176 |
| Guli · China | 33 °C | 2.1 °C | 1,537 mm | 158 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Rui’an.
QuestionsCommon questions about Rui’an’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rui’an?
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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Rui’an get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 38 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 5.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Rui’an?
June, averaging 284 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is December with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,672 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 Rui’an 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
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.