Wong Tai Sin climate

Name: Wong Tai Sin
Address: HK

Wong Tai Sin is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. June is the wettest month (332 mm) and January the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wong Tai Sin averages 1,750 mm of rain and 173 days above 25 °C.

Hong Kong · population 425,235 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month January 24 mm
Wettest month June 332 mm
Least cloud October 44 % cloud
Hottest on record July 33 °C
Coldest on record January 0.9 °C
Warmest sea July 29 °C

What to expectWong Tai Sin through the year

Wong Tai Sin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 173 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 332 mm against 24 mm in January — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Wong Tai Sin is warmest in July at 29 °C and coldest in January at 20 °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	16.9 °C	24 mm	54 %
February	18.1 °C	34 mm	68 %
March	20.7 °C	72 mm	73 %
April	23.6 °C	129 mm	73 %
May	26.1 °C	232 mm	77 %
June	27.5 °C	332 mm	84 %
July	28.2 °C	253 mm	75 %
August	28.2 °C	326 mm	73 %
September	27.4 °C	215 mm	60 %
October	25.4 °C	69 mm	44 %
November	22.2 °C	35 mm	45 %
December	18.2 °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	16.9 °C	11.2 °C	14.1 °C	23.8 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
February	18.1 °C	12.9 °C	15.4 °C	25.2 °C	3.3 °C	0	0
March	20.7 °C	15.8 °C	18.1 °C	27.2 °C	5.3 °C	1	0
April	23.6 °C	19.3 °C	21.2 °C	29.2 °C	10.8 °C	10	0
May	26.1 °C	22.3 °C	24.0 °C	30.3 °C	15.9 °C	23	0
June	27.5 °C	24.2 °C	25.7 °C	33.2 °C	18.6 °C	28	1
July	28.2 °C	24.6 °C	26.2 °C	33.3 °C	20.7 °C	31	3
August	28.2 °C	24.4 °C	26.1 °C	32.7 °C	22.2 °C	30	4
September	27.4 °C	23.4 °C	25.2 °C	32.3 °C	16.5 °C	28	2
October	25.4 °C	20.7 °C	22.9 °C	30.9 °C	12.5 °C	18	0
November	22.2 °C	16.9 °C	19.5 °C	28.6 °C	6.6 °C	3	0
December	18.2 °C	12.4 °C	15.3 °C	25.2 °C	1.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	24 mm	4	11 h/day	54 %	72 %	18 km/h	19.6 °C
February	34 mm	6	11 h/day	68 %	77 %	18 km/h	19.7 °C
March	72 mm	10	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	18 km/h	20.8 °C
April	129 mm	14	13 h/day	73 %	85 %	18 km/h	22.9 °C
May	232 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	87 %	17 km/h	25.8 °C
June	332 mm	24	14 h/day	84 %	88 %	18 km/h	27.9 °C
July	253 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	87 %	17 km/h	28.6 °C
August	326 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	87 %	16 km/h	28.6 °C
September	215 mm	17	12 h/day	60 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.2 °C
October	69 mm	7	12 h/day	44 %	75 %	17 km/h	26.5 °C
November	35 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	72 %	17 km/h	23.6 °C
December	29 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	68 %	18 km/h	20.8 °C

How Wong Tai Sin 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
Wong Tai Sin	28 °C	11 °C	1,750 mm	173
Sha Tin · Hong Kong	29 °C	12 °C	1,749 mm	203
Kwai Chung · Hong Kong	30 °C	12 °C	1,728 mm	222
Tsuen Wan · Hong Kong	30 °C	13 °C	1,757 mm	229
Hong Kong · Hong Kong	30 °C	13 °C	1,750 mm	213
Ma On Shan · Hong Kong	29 °C	12 °C	1,749 mm	191

Where Wong Tai Sin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	45thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Wong Tai Sin.

QuestionsCommon questions about Wong Tai Sin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wong Tai Sin?

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 Wong Tai Sin get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Wong Tai Sin?

June, averaging 332 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,750 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 Wong Tai Sin 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.