Yangjiang climate

Name: Yangjiang
Address: CN

Yangjiang is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. August is the wettest month (337 mm) and December the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yangjiang averages 1,867 mm of rain and 246 days above 25 °C.

China · population 1,292,987 · 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 12 °C
Driest month December 26 mm
Wettest month August 337 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January 2.1 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectYangjiang through the year

Yangjiang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 246 days a year reach 25 °C, 91 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 337 mm against 26 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Yangjiang is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in January at 19 °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	19.9 °C	26 mm	58 %
February	21.1 °C	33 mm	71 %
March	23.9 °C	65 mm	77 %
April	26.8 °C	140 mm	77 %
May	29.0 °C	276 mm	80 %
June	30.1 °C	335 mm	85 %
July	30.6 °C	291 mm	79 %
August	30.7 °C	337 mm	77 %
September	29.8 °C	217 mm	65 %
October	28.1 °C	87 mm	46 %
November	25.2 °C	32 mm	46 %
December	21.1 °C	26 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.9 °C	11.7 °C	15.5 °C	27.4 °C	2.1 °C	2	0
February	21.1 °C	13.6 °C	17.1 °C	29.3 °C	4.2 °C	6	0
March	23.9 °C	17.1 °C	20.2 °C	31.9 °C	5.9 °C	14	0
April	26.8 °C	20.9 °C	23.4 °C	33.2 °C	10.4 °C	23	1
May	29.0 °C	23.7 °C	26.0 °C	33.0 °C	16.2 °C	30	10
June	30.1 °C	25.4 °C	27.4 °C	34.7 °C	19.9 °C	30	18
July	30.6 °C	25.6 °C	27.7 °C	36.3 °C	22.0 °C	31	21
August	30.7 °C	25.2 °C	27.5 °C	35.0 °C	22.8 °C	31	21
September	29.8 °C	23.8 °C	26.4 °C	33.9 °C	17.3 °C	29	15
October	28.1 °C	20.7 °C	24.1 °C	32.9 °C	12.3 °C	28	5
November	25.2 °C	17.1 °C	20.8 °C	33.2 °C	6.1 °C	18	1
December	21.1 °C	12.7 °C	16.7 °C	28.9 °C	2.6 °C	4	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	26 mm	4	11 h/day	58 %	71 %	15 km/h	19.0 °C
February	33 mm	7	11 h/day	71 %	77 %	15 km/h	19.2 °C
March	65 mm	11	12 h/day	77 %	81 %	16 km/h	20.4 °C
April	140 mm	16	13 h/day	77 %	85 %	16 km/h	23.2 °C
May	276 mm	23	13 h/day	80 %	86 %	14 km/h	26.7 °C
June	335 mm	26	13 h/day	85 %	88 %	15 km/h	28.4 °C
July	291 mm	24	13 h/day	79 %	87 %	15 km/h	28.8 °C
August	337 mm	26	13 h/day	77 %	88 %	12 km/h	29.0 °C
September	217 mm	19	12 h/day	65 %	85 %	13 km/h	28.5 °C
October	87 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	76 %	15 km/h	26.8 °C
November	32 mm	5	11 h/day	46 %	69 %	16 km/h	24.0 °C
December	26 mm	4	11 h/day	49 %	65 %	16 km/h	20.9 °C

How Yangjiang 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
Yangjiang	31 °C	12 °C	1,867 mm	246
Yangchun · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,823 mm	240
Changsha · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,748 mm	245
Maoming · China	31 °C	13 °C	1,946 mm	267
Gaozhou · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,755 mm	266
Yunfu · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,646 mm	236
Jiangmen · China	32 °C	11 °C	1,798 mm	244

Where Yangjiang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	5thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in December	8thof 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	33rdof 50	92/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	39thof 50	88/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yangjiang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yangjiang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Yangjiang get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 91 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 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Yangjiang?

August, averaging 337 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is December with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,867 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 Yangjiang 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.