Tantou climate

Name: Tantou
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Tantou is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. June is the wettest month (352 mm) and November the driest (38 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tantou averages 1,885 mm of rain and 236 days above 25 °C.

China · population 320,304 · 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 August 31 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month November 38 mm
Wettest month June 352 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January 2.0 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectTantou through the year

Tantou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 236 days a year reach 25 °C, 87 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 352 mm against 38 mm in November — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tantou is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in February at 18 °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	19.1 °C	49 mm	55 %
February	20.4 °C	67 mm	66 %
March	23.2 °C	111 mm	71 %
April	26.2 °C	162 mm	71 %
May	28.6 °C	273 mm	75 %
June	29.8 °C	352 mm	82 %
July	30.7 °C	240 mm	74 %
August	30.7 °C	306 mm	71 %
September	30.0 °C	192 mm	58 %
October	28.2 °C	55 mm	43 %
November	24.9 °C	38 mm	44 %
December	20.4 °C	41 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	19.1 °C	11.5 °C	15.1 °C	27.5 °C	2.0 °C	1	0
February	20.4 °C	13.4 °C	16.6 °C	28.9 °C	3.3 °C	4	0
March	23.2 °C	16.5 °C	19.5 °C	30.0 °C	6.5 °C	12	0
April	26.2 °C	20.4 °C	22.9 °C	31.6 °C	10.4 °C	21	1
May	28.6 °C	23.5 °C	25.7 °C	33.4 °C	17.0 °C	29	7
June	29.8 °C	25.6 °C	27.4 °C	35.0 °C	19.7 °C	30	15
July	30.7 °C	26.1 °C	28.0 °C	35.9 °C	22.4 °C	31	21
August	30.7 °C	25.9 °C	27.9 °C	35.7 °C	23.3 °C	31	21
September	30.0 °C	24.5 °C	26.9 °C	35.0 °C	17.5 °C	30	16
October	28.2 °C	21.4 °C	24.5 °C	33.7 °C	13.6 °C	29	5
November	24.9 °C	17.4 °C	20.8 °C	31.2 °C	7.3 °C	16	1
December	20.4 °C	12.6 °C	16.3 °C	28.4 °C	2.2 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	49 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	70 %	18 km/h	18.3 °C
February	67 mm	9	11 h/day	66 %	75 %	18 km/h	18.2 °C
March	111 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	79 %	19 km/h	19.6 °C
April	162 mm	14	13 h/day	71 %	83 %	19 km/h	22.4 °C
May	273 mm	19	13 h/day	75 %	85 %	18 km/h	25.8 °C
June	352 mm	23	14 h/day	82 %	87 %	19 km/h	27.7 °C
July	240 mm	22	13 h/day	74 %	86 %	19 km/h	28.4 °C
August	306 mm	22	13 h/day	71 %	86 %	17 km/h	28.7 °C
September	192 mm	15	12 h/day	58 %	82 %	16 km/h	28.4 °C
October	55 mm	6	12 h/day	43 %	72 %	17 km/h	26.5 °C
November	38 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	69 %	17 km/h	23.4 °C
December	41 mm	5	11 h/day	47 %	65 %	18 km/h	19.9 °C

How Tantou 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
Tantou	31 °C	11 °C	1,885 mm	236
Dongguan · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,922 mm	242
Shenzhen · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,721 mm	235
Tai Po · Hong Kong	31 °C	12 °C	1,739 mm	229
Tsuen Wan · Hong Kong	30 °C	13 °C	1,757 mm	229
Kwai Chung · Hong Kong	30 °C	12 °C	1,728 mm	222
Zhongshan · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,688 mm	239

Where Tantou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	20thof 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	43rdof 50	90/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tantou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tantou?

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

How hot does Tantou get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 87 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 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tantou?

June, averaging 352 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is November with 38 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,885 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 Tantou 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.