Shantou climate

Name: Shantou
Address: CN

Shantou is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. August is the wettest month (280 mm) and January the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shantou averages 1,507 mm of rain and 200 days above 25 °C.

China · population 3,838,900 · 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 12 °C
Driest month January 30 mm
Wettest month August 280 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January 1.6 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectShantou through the year

Shantou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 200 days a year reach 25 °C, 58 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 280 mm against 30 mm in January — 9.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Shantou is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 17 °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	17.9 °C	30 mm	52 %
February	18.5 °C	45 mm	63 %
March	21.0 °C	65 mm	68 %
April	24.4 °C	109 mm	71 %
May	27.2 °C	196 mm	75 %
June	29.1 °C	272 mm	84 %
July	30.2 °C	218 mm	72 %
August	30.1 °C	280 mm	70 %
September	29.2 °C	156 mm	58 %
October	26.9 °C	46 mm	43 %
November	23.7 °C	51 mm	45 %
December	19.6 °C	38 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	17.9 °C	11.6 °C	14.5 °C	26.1 °C	1.6 °C	0	0
February	18.5 °C	12.7 °C	15.3 °C	27.7 °C	4.3 °C	1	0
March	21.0 °C	15.3 °C	17.8 °C	30.1 °C	6.0 °C	4	0
April	24.4 °C	19.1 °C	21.5 °C	32.3 °C	11.0 °C	13	1
May	27.2 °C	22.7 °C	24.7 °C	35.9 °C	15.9 °C	25	3
June	29.1 °C	25.3 °C	26.9 °C	34.4 °C	19.4 °C	29	10
July	30.2 °C	26.0 °C	27.8 °C	37.3 °C	23.0 °C	31	17
August	30.1 °C	25.8 °C	27.6 °C	35.4 °C	23.0 °C	31	17
September	29.2 °C	24.6 °C	26.6 °C	34.6 °C	19.2 °C	30	9
October	26.9 °C	21.4 °C	23.9 °C	34.6 °C	14.2 °C	27	2
November	23.7 °C	17.6 °C	20.4 °C	31.5 °C	9.2 °C	9	0
December	19.6 °C	13.1 °C	16.2 °C	28.3 °C	2.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	30 mm	5	11 h/day	52 %	75 %	16 km/h	17.4 °C
February	45 mm	7	11 h/day	63 %	78 %	17 km/h	17.1 °C
March	65 mm	9	12 h/day	68 %	80 %	17 km/h	19.1 °C
April	109 mm	11	13 h/day	71 %	82 %	17 km/h	21.7 °C
May	196 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	85 %	17 km/h	24.5 °C
June	272 mm	23	14 h/day	84 %	88 %	18 km/h	26.6 °C
July	218 mm	20	13 h/day	72 %	87 %	17 km/h	27.2 °C
August	280 mm	22	13 h/day	70 %	87 %	16 km/h	27.5 °C
September	156 mm	14	12 h/day	58 %	82 %	16 km/h	27.4 °C
October	46 mm	5	12 h/day	43 %	74 %	18 km/h	25.5 °C
November	51 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	74 %	17 km/h	22.4 °C
December	38 mm	4	11 h/day	47 %	72 %	17 km/h	19.4 °C

How Shantou 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
Shantou	30 °C	12 °C	1,507 mm	200
Chaozhou · China	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225
Jieyang · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,519 mm	234
Huanggang · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Puning · China	31 °C	10 °C	1,568 mm	231
Donghai · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,776 mm	233
Meizhou · China	32 °C	8.2 °C	1,492 mm	232

Where Shantou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	14th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	37th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shantou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shantou?

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

How hot does Shantou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 58 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 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Shantou?

August, averaging 280 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is January with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,507 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 Shantou 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: 23.355°, 116.679° (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.