Zhangzhou climate

Name: Zhangzhou
Address: CN

Zhangzhou is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.2 °C. August is the wettest month (268 mm) and January the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhangzhou averages 1,477 mm of rain, 219 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 589,831 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January 9.2 °C
Driest month January 36 mm
Wettest month August 268 mm
Least cloud October 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record December -2.4 °C

What to expectZhangzhou through the year

Zhangzhou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 219 days a year reach 25 °C, 104 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 268 mm against 36 mm in January — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.5 °C	36 mm	51 %
February	19.3 °C	55 mm	63 %
March	21.8 °C	84 mm	68 %
April	25.7 °C	100 mm	72 %
May	28.2 °C	193 mm	77 %
June	30.0 °C	263 mm	86 %
July	32.0 °C	203 mm	73 %
August	31.5 °C	268 mm	71 %
September	30.2 °C	144 mm	61 %
October	28.3 °C	43 mm	45 %
November	24.7 °C	48 mm	46 %
December	20.1 °C	39 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.5 °C	9.2 °C	13.4 °C	28.6 °C	-1.5 °C	1	0
February	19.3 °C	10.5 °C	14.4 °C	30.3 °C	0.0 °C	3	0
March	21.8 °C	13.3 °C	17.0 °C	33.0 °C	3.9 °C	8	1
April	25.7 °C	17.4 °C	20.9 °C	37.0 °C	6.4 °C	17	4
May	28.2 °C	21.0 °C	24.1 °C	39.5 °C	14.0 °C	26	9
June	30.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.4 °C	38.0 °C	15.6 °C	29	16
July	32.0 °C	24.8 °C	27.9 °C	41.4 °C	21.8 °C	31	25
August	31.5 °C	24.6 °C	27.6 °C	38.8 °C	20.1 °C	31	23
September	30.2 °C	22.8 °C	26.1 °C	36.9 °C	15.7 °C	29	17
October	28.3 °C	19.1 °C	23.3 °C	36.2 °C	9.6 °C	28	8
November	24.7 °C	15.1 °C	19.5 °C	34.3 °C	3.8 °C	14	2
December	20.1 °C	10.3 °C	14.9 °C	28.5 °C	-2.4 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	5	11 h/day	51 %	73 %	10 km/h
February	55 mm	8	11 h/day	63 %	76 %	11 km/h
March	84 mm	11	12 h/day	68 %	77 %	11 km/h
April	100 mm	11	13 h/day	72 %	79 %	12 km/h
May	193 mm	17	13 h/day	77 %	83 %	11 km/h
June	263 mm	20	14 h/day	86 %	86 %	12 km/h
July	203 mm	18	14 h/day	73 %	83 %	12 km/h
August	268 mm	21	13 h/day	71 %	85 %	11 km/h
September	144 mm	14	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	11 km/h
October	43 mm	4	12 h/day	45 %	70 %	12 km/h
November	48 mm	5	11 h/day	46 %	71 %	12 km/h
December	39 mm	4	11 h/day	46 %	70 %	11 km/h

How Zhangzhou 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
Zhangzhou	32 °C	9.2 °C	1,477 mm	219
Xiamen · China	31 °C	10.0 °C	1,421 mm	198
Longyan · China	31 °C	7.5 °C	1,720 mm	202
Jinjiang · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,271 mm	189
Quanzhou · China	32 °C	9.4 °C	1,344 mm	202
Huanggang · China	30 °C	11 °C	1,602 mm	214
Chaozhou · China	31 °C	9.4 °C	1,699 mm	225

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhangzhou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhangzhou?

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 Zhangzhou get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 104 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhangzhou?

August, averaging 268 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is January with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,477 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 Zhangzhou 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.