Zhanjiang climate

Name: Zhanjiang
Address: CN

Zhanjiang is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (266 mm) and February the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhanjiang averages 1,478 mm of rain and 255 days above 25 °C.

China · population 1,400,709 · 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 13 °C
Driest month February 27 mm
Wettest month August 266 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record April 37 °C
Coldest on record January 2.7 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectZhanjiang through the year

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

Counted across a normal year, 255 days a year reach 25 °C, 115 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 266 mm against 27 mm in February — 9.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Zhanjiang 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	20.3 °C	29 mm	62 %
February	21.8 °C	27 mm	69 %
March	25.0 °C	47 mm	68 %
April	28.1 °C	98 mm	65 %
May	30.0 °C	211 mm	73 %
June	31.1 °C	245 mm	83 %
July	31.3 °C	221 mm	76 %
August	30.9 °C	266 mm	75 %
September	29.9 °C	190 mm	65 %
October	28.3 °C	81 mm	46 %
November	25.6 °C	33 mm	47 %
December	21.6 °C	30 mm	54 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.3 °C	13.0 °C	16.5 °C	28.1 °C	2.7 °C	2	0
February	21.8 °C	15.1 °C	18.1 °C	32.0 °C	3.7 °C	6	1
March	25.0 °C	18.4 °C	21.2 °C	34.0 °C	7.1 °C	16	2
April	28.1 °C	21.8 °C	24.4 °C	37.2 °C	12.8 °C	25	9
May	30.0 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	35.8 °C	17.4 °C	30	16
June	31.1 °C	25.8 °C	28.0 °C	35.0 °C	20.8 °C	30	23
July	31.3 °C	26.0 °C	28.2 °C	37.2 °C	22.3 °C	31	23
August	30.9 °C	25.5 °C	27.8 °C	35.0 °C	23.1 °C	31	23
September	29.9 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	34.5 °C	18.1 °C	30	15
October	28.3 °C	21.5 °C	24.7 °C	32.4 °C	12.1 °C	29	4
November	25.6 °C	18.0 °C	21.6 °C	32.3 °C	6.7 °C	20	1
December	21.6 °C	13.8 °C	17.6 °C	29.0 °C	3.1 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	29 mm	4	11 h/day	62 %	76 %	18 km/h	19.1 °C
February	27 mm	6	11 h/day	69 %	80 %	18 km/h	19.1 °C
March	47 mm	9	12 h/day	68 %	82 %	20 km/h	20.6 °C
April	98 mm	12	13 h/day	65 %	83 %	19 km/h	23.5 °C
May	211 mm	20	13 h/day	73 %	84 %	17 km/h	27.2 °C
June	245 mm	22	13 h/day	83 %	85 %	17 km/h	28.5 °C
July	221 mm	21	13 h/day	76 %	84 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
August	266 mm	25	13 h/day	75 %	86 %	16 km/h	28.9 °C
September	190 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	16 km/h	28.6 °C
October	81 mm	8	12 h/day	46 %	77 %	18 km/h	27.1 °C
November	33 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	72 %	18 km/h	24.5 °C
December	30 mm	5	11 h/day	54 %	70 %	17 km/h	21.3 °C

How Zhanjiang 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
Zhanjiang	31 °C	13 °C	1,478 mm	255
Maoming · China	31 °C	13 °C	1,946 mm	267
Gaozhou · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,755 mm	266
Hepu · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,793 mm	251
Haikou · China	31 °C	17 °C	1,353 mm	250
Beihai · China	30 °C	13 °C	1,653 mm	228
Yulin · China	31 °C	9.9 °C	1,789 mm	240

Where Zhanjiang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	33rd of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	34th of 50	92/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	40th of 50	88/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhanjiang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhanjiang?

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

How hot does Zhanjiang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 115 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 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Zhanjiang?

August, averaging 266 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is February with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,478 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 Zhanjiang 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: 21.234°, 110.387° (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.