Sanming climate

Name: Sanming
Address: CN

Sanming is warmest in July, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.2 °C. June is the wettest month (256 mm) and October the driest (51 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sanming averages 1,542 mm of rain, 208 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 602,166 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 7.2 °C
Driest month October 51 mm
Wettest month June 256 mm
Least cloud October 50 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record December -4.2 °C

What to expectSanming through the year

Sanming has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 34 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 208 days a year reach 25 °C, 121 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 256 mm against 51 mm in October — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.0 °C	64 mm	61 %
February	17.8 °C	82 mm	67 %
March	21.0 °C	157 mm	73 %
April	25.6 °C	179 mm	75 %
May	28.8 °C	227 mm	77 %
June	31.1 °C	256 mm	85 %
July	34.2 °C	150 mm	72 %
August	33.4 °C	173 mm	68 %
September	30.9 °C	101 mm	61 %
October	27.2 °C	51 mm	50 %
November	22.5 °C	52 mm	52 %
December	17.3 °C	52 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.0 °C	7.2 °C	11.4 °C	27.3 °C	-3.4 °C	1	0
February	17.8 °C	9.0 °C	13.2 °C	33.3 °C	-1.0 °C	4	0
March	21.0 °C	12.4 °C	16.4 °C	32.4 °C	0.3 °C	8	1
April	25.6 °C	17.0 °C	20.9 °C	34.9 °C	5.5 °C	18	5
May	28.8 °C	20.8 °C	24.3 °C	36.2 °C	13.5 °C	26	13
June	31.1 °C	23.7 °C	26.9 °C	38.1 °C	16.2 °C	29	20
July	34.2 °C	25.1 °C	29.1 °C	41.5 °C	20.5 °C	31	28
August	33.4 °C	25.0 °C	28.6 °C	41.4 °C	21.4 °C	31	27
September	30.9 °C	22.7 °C	26.3 °C	38.9 °C	14.1 °C	28	19
October	27.2 °C	18.1 °C	22.3 °C	36.2 °C	7.9 °C	23	6
November	22.5 °C	13.5 °C	17.6 °C	32.5 °C	3.3 °C	8	1
December	17.3 °C	8.3 °C	12.6 °C	27.3 °C	-4.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	64 mm	9	11 h/day	61 %	78 %	7.7 km/h
February	82 mm	11	11 h/day	67 %	81 %	8.2 km/h
March	157 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	8.6 km/h
April	179 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	82 %	9.2 km/h
May	227 mm	18	13 h/day	77 %	84 %	8.6 km/h
June	256 mm	18	14 h/day	85 %	85 %	9.7 km/h
July	150 mm	14	14 h/day	72 %	78 %	9.8 km/h
August	173 mm	18	13 h/day	68 %	81 %	8.7 km/h
September	101 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	80 %	8.4 km/h
October	51 mm	7	12 h/day	50 %	74 %	8.4 km/h
November	52 mm	7	11 h/day	52 %	76 %	8.2 km/h
December	52 mm	6	11 h/day	50 %	75 %	8.0 km/h

How Sanming 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
Sanming	34 °C	7.2 °C	1,542 mm	208
Nanping · China	34 °C	6.8 °C	1,523 mm	199
Longyan · China	31 °C	7.5 °C	1,720 mm	202
Putian · China	31 °C	8.7 °C	1,479 mm	179
Fuzhou · China	32 °C	7.1 °C	1,609 mm	170
Quanzhou · China	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Jinjiang · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sanming’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sanming?

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

How hot does Sanming get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 121 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 7.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sanming?

June, averaging 256 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is October with 51 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,542 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 Sanming 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.