Taizhou climate

Name: Taizhou
Address: CN

Taizhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.5 °C. July is the wettest month (228 mm) and December the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taizhou averages 1,201 mm of rain, 136 days above 25 °C and 55 days below freezing.

China · population 1,607,108 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January -1.5 °C
Driest month December 35 mm
Wettest month July 228 mm
Least cloud December 49 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -13 °C

What to expectTaizhou through the year

Taizhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.5 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 136 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C, 55 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 228 mm against 35 mm in December — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.5 °C	49 mm	56 %
February	9.8 °C	50 mm	60 %
March	14.3 °C	73 mm	64 %
April	20.4 °C	77 mm	64 %
May	25.6 °C	109 mm	66 %
June	28.6 °C	200 mm	74 %
July	31.1 °C	228 mm	71 %
August	30.6 °C	182 mm	63 %
September	26.9 °C	90 mm	57 %
October	22.3 °C	53 mm	52 %
November	16.3 °C	55 mm	50 %
December	9.8 °C	35 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	7.5 °C	-1.5 °C	2.9 °C	20.7 °C	-13.0 °C	0	0	21
February	9.8 °C	0.3 °C	5.0 °C	25.2 °C	-9.5 °C	0	0	14
March	14.3 °C	4.6 °C	9.2 °C	27.3 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	4
April	20.4 °C	10.4 °C	15.1 °C	33.7 °C	-1.3 °C	5	0	0
May	25.6 °C	16.0 °C	20.5 °C	36.7 °C	6.3 °C	18	4	0
June	28.6 °C	20.4 °C	24.2 °C	38.0 °C	13.6 °C	25	11	0
July	31.1 °C	24.5 °C	27.5 °C	37.2 °C	16.9 °C	30	20	0
August	30.6 °C	24.1 °C	26.9 °C	39.5 °C	16.0 °C	30	18	0
September	26.9 °C	19.3 °C	22.8 °C	35.3 °C	10.5 °C	22	4	0
October	22.3 °C	13.4 °C	17.5 °C	30.9 °C	3.7 °C	6	0	0
November	16.3 °C	7.2 °C	11.5 °C	27.9 °C	-6.5 °C	1	0	1
December	9.8 °C	0.6 °C	5.0 °C	21.0 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	49 mm	7	10 h/day	56 %	71 %	15 km/h
February	50 mm	7	11 h/day	60 %	71 %	16 km/h
March	73 mm	9	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	17 km/h
April	77 mm	8	13 h/day	64 %	71 %	17 km/h
May	109 mm	9	14 h/day	66 %	71 %	17 km/h
June	200 mm	12	14 h/day	74 %	77 %	16 km/h
July	228 mm	15	14 h/day	71 %	83 %	15 km/h
August	182 mm	15	13 h/day	63 %	83 %	15 km/h
September	90 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	79 %	15 km/h
October	53 mm	6	11 h/day	52 %	72 %	15 km/h
November	55 mm	6	11 h/day	50 %	72 %	16 km/h
December	35 mm	5	10 h/day	49 %	70 %	15 km/h

How Taizhou 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
Taizhou	31 °C	-1.5 °C	1,201 mm	136
Zhenjiang · China	31 °C	-1.2 °C	1,230 mm	134
Dongtai · China	31 °C	-1.8 °C	1,177 mm	132
Rugao · China	31 °C	-1.0 °C	1,228 mm	129
Jiangyin · China	31 °C	-0.6 °C	1,254 mm	137
Changzhou · China	31 °C	-0.5 °C	1,258 mm	138
Yancheng · China	31 °C	-2.0 °C	1,104 mm	129

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taizhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taizhou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, 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 Taizhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 57 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 -1.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 55 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Taizhou?

July, averaging 228 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,201 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 Taizhou 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: 32.491°, 119.908° (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.