Zhuhai climate

Name: Zhuhai
Address: CN

Zhuhai is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. August is the wettest month (327 mm) and January the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zhuhai averages 1,726 mm of rain and 216 days above 25 °C.

China · population 2,207,090 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month January 28 mm
Wettest month August 327 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record August 36 °C
Coldest on record January 2.7 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectZhuhai through the year

Zhuhai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 216 days a year reach 25 °C, 51 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 327 mm against 28 mm in January — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Zhuhai 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	18.4 °C	28 mm	55 %
February	19.7 °C	39 mm	67 %
March	22.5 °C	71 mm	72 %
April	25.5 °C	127 mm	70 %
May	27.9 °C	227 mm	75 %
June	29.2 °C	300 mm	82 %
July	29.9 °C	247 mm	74 %
August	29.9 °C	327 mm	72 %
September	29.1 °C	225 mm	59 %
October	27.1 °C	73 mm	43 %
November	23.9 °C	33 mm	45 %
December	19.7 °C	29 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.4 °C	12.2 °C	15.2 °C	25.8 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
February	19.7 °C	14.0 °C	16.7 °C	26.6 °C	4.9 °C	1	0
March	22.5 °C	17.2 °C	19.6 °C	27.9 °C	7.0 °C	6	0
April	25.5 °C	20.9 °C	22.8 °C	30.9 °C	11.4 °C	19	0
May	27.9 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	33.9 °C	17.6 °C	29	3
June	29.2 °C	25.8 °C	27.3 °C	33.6 °C	20.5 °C	30	9
July	29.9 °C	26.2 °C	27.8 °C	35.3 °C	22.8 °C	31	15
August	29.9 °C	26.0 °C	27.7 °C	35.7 °C	23.9 °C	31	15
September	29.1 °C	24.7 °C	26.7 °C	33.7 °C	18.1 °C	29	9
October	27.1 °C	21.8 °C	24.3 °C	33.1 °C	13.9 °C	28	1
November	23.9 °C	18.0 °C	20.7 °C	30.1 °C	7.6 °C	12	0
December	19.7 °C	13.3 °C	16.4 °C	27.3 °C	2.9 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	28 mm	4	11 h/day	55 %	73 %	21 km/h	18.6 °C
February	39 mm	7	11 h/day	67 %	78 %	20 km/h	18.4 °C
March	71 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	82 %	21 km/h	19.8 °C
April	127 mm	13	13 h/day	70 %	85 %	20 km/h	22.5 °C
May	227 mm	19	13 h/day	75 %	86 %	19 km/h	25.9 °C
June	300 mm	22	13 h/day	82 %	87 %	21 km/h	27.8 °C
July	247 mm	21	13 h/day	74 %	86 %	21 km/h	28.6 °C
August	327 mm	23	13 h/day	72 %	86 %	18 km/h	28.8 °C
September	225 mm	17	12 h/day	59 %	83 %	18 km/h	28.4 °C
October	73 mm	7	12 h/day	43 %	75 %	20 km/h	26.5 °C
November	33 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	72 %	21 km/h	23.5 °C
December	29 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	69 %	21 km/h	20.1 °C

How Zhuhai 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
Zhuhai	30 °C	12 °C	1,726 mm	216
Jing’an · China	30 °C	13 °C	1,767 mm	217
Zhongshan · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,688 mm	239
Tsuen Wan · Hong Kong	30 °C	13 °C	1,757 mm	229
Tantou · China	31 °C	11 °C	1,885 mm	236
Shenzhen · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,721 mm	235
Kwai Chung · Hong Kong	30 °C	12 °C	1,728 mm	222

Where Zhuhai ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	30thof 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zhuhai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zhuhai?

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

How hot does Zhuhai get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 51 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 Zhuhai?

August, averaging 327 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is January with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,726 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 Zhuhai 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.