Zhaoqing climate

Name: Zhaoqing
Address: CN

Zhaoqing is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. June is the wettest month (292 mm) and December the driest (38 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhaoqing averages 1,814 mm of rain, 231 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 1,553,109 · 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 10 °C
Driest month December 38 mm
Wettest month June 292 mm
Least cloud October 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record December -0.5 °C

What to expectZhaoqing through the year

Zhaoqing has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 231 days a year reach 25 °C, 105 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 292 mm against 38 mm in December — 7.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.0 °C	48 mm	61 %
February	19.7 °C	59 mm	72 %
March	22.6 °C	121 mm	80 %
April	26.4 °C	202 mm	79 %
May	29.0 °C	276 mm	80 %
June	30.5 °C	292 mm	85 %
July	31.4 °C	226 mm	77 %
August	31.3 °C	274 mm	73 %
September	30.0 °C	175 mm	60 %
October	27.8 °C	62 mm	45 %
November	24.1 °C	41 mm	47 %
December	19.5 °C	38 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.0 °C	10.2 °C	14.1 °C	27.4 °C	2.2 °C	2	0
February	19.7 °C	12.3 °C	15.9 °C	31.6 °C	1.1 °C	5	0
March	22.6 °C	15.6 °C	19.0 °C	31.6 °C	5.0 °C	11	0
April	26.4 °C	19.8 °C	22.8 °C	34.4 °C	9.2 °C	21	4
May	29.0 °C	23.0 °C	25.6 °C	35.1 °C	17.0 °C	29	11
June	30.5 °C	24.9 °C	27.3 °C	35.4 °C	19.0 °C	30	19
July	31.4 °C	25.3 °C	28.0 °C	38.7 °C	22.1 °C	31	24
August	31.3 °C	25.2 °C	27.8 °C	36.6 °C	23.3 °C	31	24
September	30.0 °C	23.8 °C	26.6 °C	34.9 °C	16.6 °C	29	17
October	27.8 °C	20.3 °C	23.9 °C	33.8 °C	10.2 °C	27	5
November	24.1 °C	16.0 °C	19.9 °C	32.5 °C	5.4 °C	14	1
December	19.5 °C	11.3 °C	15.3 °C	28.4 °C	-0.5 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	7	11 h/day	61 %	71 %	12 km/h
February	59 mm	9	11 h/day	72 %	76 %	12 km/h
March	121 mm	15	12 h/day	80 %	81 %	13 km/h
April	202 mm	17	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	13 km/h
May	276 mm	22	13 h/day	80 %	85 %	12 km/h
June	292 mm	23	14 h/day	85 %	87 %	13 km/h
July	226 mm	21	13 h/day	77 %	85 %	13 km/h
August	274 mm	23	13 h/day	73 %	86 %	11 km/h
September	175 mm	16	12 h/day	60 %	82 %	11 km/h
October	62 mm	6	12 h/day	45 %	73 %	12 km/h
November	41 mm	6	11 h/day	47 %	69 %	12 km/h
December	38 mm	5	11 h/day	50 %	66 %	12 km/h

How Zhaoqing 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
Zhaoqing	31 °C	10 °C	1,814 mm	231
Yunfu · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,646 mm	236
Sanshui · China	32 °C	10 °C	1,981 mm	230
Changsha · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,748 mm	245
Guangzhou · China	32 °C	10 °C	1,888 mm	240
Jiangmen · China	32 °C	11 °C	1,798 mm	244
Qingyuan · China	31 °C	9.1 °C	2,471 mm	216

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhaoqing’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhaoqing?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zhaoqing get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 105 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zhaoqing?

June, averaging 292 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 38 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,814 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 Zhaoqing 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.