Chaozhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chaozhou?

Chaozhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,679 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chaozhou?

The hottest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2020, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chaozhou?

The coldest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chaozhou?

Almost never: Chaozhou sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chaozhou warmed?

Yes: Chaozhou warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chaozhou?

The wettest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chaozhou?

The windiest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2013, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chaozhou?

The warmest month in Chaozhou is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chaozhou?

Chaozhou receives on average 1,679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chaozhou?

Chaozhou gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chaozhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,679 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Chaozhou averages 0 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Chaozhou has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 6 May 2020) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 12 January 1955).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChaozhouGuangdong

coords: 23.65°, 116.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

25.2°C

Average daily low

17.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,679mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

14.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.5 °C

Average feels-like low

19.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

166 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.9 °C

6 May 2020

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

12 January 1955

Wettest day

215 mm

14 September 1970

Windiest day

54.9 km/h

22 September 2013

Strongest gust

150.1 km/h

11 July 1986

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

4 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-6.9 °C

11 January 1955

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.1 h

20 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.1 °C22 April 2025	3.3 °C13 January 2025	22.2 °C	1,902 mm	137	0
2024	36.1 °C4 August 2024	2.0 °C24 January 2024	22.3 °C	2,348 mm	117	0
2023	36.4 °C30 May 2023	3.3 °C29 January 2023	22.3 °C	1,748 mm	108	0
2022	35.8 °C24 July 2022	3.6 °C19 December 2022	21.8 °C	1,846 mm	113	0
2021	36.6 °C28 May 2021	0.3 °C13 January 2021	22.7 °C	1,185 mm	150	0
2020	37.9 °C6 May 2020	2.8 °C31 December 2020	22.4 °C	1,205 mm	116	0
2019	35.8 °C9 August 2019	4.8 °C8 December 2019	22.3 °C	1,617 mm	117	0
2018	37.8 °C23 May 2018	1.5 °C6 February 2018	22.1 °C	1,420 mm	117	0
2017	34.5 °C20 August 2017	5.9 °C21 December 2017	22.0 °C	1,492 mm	112	0
2016	35.6 °C29 July 2016	-1.0 °C25 January 2016	21.8 °C	2,364 mm	104	1
2015	35.3 °C7 August 2015	3.8 °C20 January 2015	22.0 °C	1,607 mm	103	0
2014	35.8 °C1 August 2014	0.8 °C23 January 2014	21.5 °C	1,520 mm	115	0
2013	34.3 °C9 August 2013	3.1 °C29 December 2013	21.5 °C	2,032 mm	89	0
2012	36.2 °C1 August 2012	2.1 °C31 December 2012	21.4 °C	1,629 mm	105	0
2011	34.7 °C27 April 2011	1.4 °C17 January 2011	21.0 °C	1,504 mm	96	0
2010	35.3 °C5 July 2010	0.1 °C17 December 2010	21.2 °C	1,871 mm	91	0
2009	35.9 °C13 September 2009	1.0 °C11 January 2009	21.7 °C	1,131 mm	121	0
2008	35.9 °C27 July 2008	2.6 °C16 February 2008	21.3 °C	1,771 mm	98	0
2007	35.0 °C2 August 2007	3.0 °C29 January 2007	21.8 °C	1,754 mm	104	0
2006	34.7 °C13 July 2006	3.0 °C8 January 2006	21.7 °C	2,314 mm	103	0
2005	35.1 °C17 July 2005	0.8 °C1 January 2005	21.3 °C	1,707 mm	88	0
2004	37.4 °C2 July 2004	2.1 °C22 January 2004	21.3 °C	1,282 mm	111	0
2003	35.7 °C15 July 2003	3.5 °C21 December 2003	21.4 °C	1,425 mm	93	0
2002	37.0 °C4 July 2002	4.7 °C27 December 2002	21.9 °C	1,371 mm	108	0
2001	34.6 °C4 July 2001	3.1 °C24 December 2001	21.6 °C	1,968 mm	89	0
2000	37.8 °C5 June 2000	2.2 °C28 January 2000	21.6 °C	1,784 mm	105	0
1999	34.9 °C20 August 1999	-0.5 °C23 December 1999	21.6 °C	1,853 mm	99	1
1998	35.1 °C4 August 1998	5.5 °C29 January 1998	22.0 °C	1,758 mm	106	0
1997	34.2 °C29 August 1997	3.7 °C12 January 1997	21.2 °C	2,266 mm	64	0
1996	34.4 °C25 July 1996	3.1 °C11 February 1996	21.1 °C	1,574 mm	111	0
1995	34.9 °C22 July 1995	2.5 °C7 January 1995	20.7 °C	1,570 mm	82	0
1994	35.1 °C10 July 1994	2.6 °C21 January 1994	21.1 °C	1,667 mm	65	0
1993	32.9 °C18 August 1993	-0.1 °C29 January 1993	20.6 °C	1,854 mm	72	1
1992	34.4 °C29 July 1992	2.0 °C15 January 1992	20.6 °C	2,034 mm	70	0
1991	34.7 °C3 June 1991	-1.1 °C29 December 1991	21.3 °C	1,537 mm	100	1
1990	36.3 °C17 August 1990	3.0 °C31 January 1990	21.2 °C	2,269 mm	77	0
1989	35.0 °C14 August 1989	3.7 °C13 February 1989	20.8 °C	1,762 mm	79	0
1988	34.5 °C6 July 1988	3.5 °C18 December 1988	20.8 °C	1,554 mm	84	0
1987	34.4 °C12 July 1987	3.2 °C28 January 1987	21.2 °C	1,635 mm	72	0
1986	34.2 °C1 August 1986	1.5 °C2 January 1986	20.6 °C	1,909 mm	73	0
1985	35.1 °C22 June 1985	1.6 °C17 December 1985	20.6 °C	2,181 mm	59	0
1984	33.8 °C7 August 1984	1.6 °C8 February 1984	20.2 °C	1,699 mm	64	0
1983	32.8 °C8 July 1983	2.6 °C30 December 1983	20.5 °C	2,363 mm	87	0
1982	36.8 °C28 July 1982	2.5 °C28 December 1982	20.8 °C	1,704 mm	80	0
1981	34.1 °C25 August 1981	2.6 °C18 January 1981	20.9 °C	1,799 mm	65	0
1980	34.6 °C10 July 1980	0.0 °C31 January 1980	20.7 °C	1,509 mm	87	0
1979	34.9 °C4 July 1979	1.4 °C1 February 1979	20.7 °C	1,869 mm	70	0
1978	34.2 °C16 July 1978	2.1 °C22 January 1978	20.8 °C	1,920 mm	90	0
1977	34.9 °C7 May 1977	1.3 °C11 February 1977	21.0 °C	1,488 mm	94	0
1976	34.4 °C18 July 1976	2.4 °C13 January 1976	20.5 °C	1,958 mm	63	0
1975	33.9 °C27 July 1975	1.0 °C23 December 1975	20.8 °C	2,170 mm	76	0
1974	33.8 °C9 August 1974	0.7 °C26 February 1974	20.8 °C	1,831 mm	83	0
1973	33.6 °C31 July 1973	1.1 °C26 December 1973	21.1 °C	2,229 mm	61	0
1972	34.7 °C21 July 1972	1.3 °C9 February 1972	20.7 °C	2,026 mm	73	0
1971	35.1 °C25 July 1971	1.8 °C6 January 1971	20.6 °C	1,679 mm	95	0
1970	33.8 °C31 July 1970	1.6 °C1 February 1970	20.7 °C	2,003 mm	90	0
1969	35.2 °C26 September 1969	-0.1 °C6 February 1969	20.5 °C	1,725 mm	92	1
1968	34.0 °C24 July 1968	3.0 °C16 January 1968	20.6 °C	1,794 mm	63	0
1967	34.5 °C17 July 1967	-0.9 °C16 January 1967	20.6 °C	1,352 mm	89	2
1966	33.0 °C16 August 1966	3.4 °C1 January 1966	20.5 °C	1,624 mm	36	0
1965	31.6 °C13 July 1965	1.6 °C9 January 1965	19.7 °C	1,654 mm	22	0
1964	35.2 °C19 May 1964	3.2 °C22 December 1964	21.0 °C	1,677 mm	72	0
1963	35.3 °C5 September 1963	-0.8 °C16 January 1963	20.8 °C	1,037 mm	106	2
1962	36.4 °C1 August 1962	1.2 °C28 January 1962	20.5 °C	1,418 mm	82	0
1961	34.3 °C18 June 1961	-0.3 °C19 January 1961	21.0 °C	2,566 mm	72	1
1960	34.1 °C21 August 1960	2.6 °C3 January 1960	21.1 °C	1,957 mm	79	0
1959	34.3 °C29 August 1959	0.7 °C18 January 1959	21.1 °C	1,570 mm	75	0
1958	34.2 °C15 July 1958	2.6 °C5 January 1958	20.7 °C	1,522 mm	72	0
1957	34.4 °C15 July 1957	-0.9 °C12 February 1957	20.5 °C	1,673 mm	73	1
1956	35.8 °C15 July 1956	-0.9 °C10 January 1956	20.5 °C	994 mm	96	2
1955	32.0 °C23 August 1955	-2.6 °C12 January 1955	20.0 °C	1,038 mm	39	2
1954	34.5 °C29 July 1954	0.3 °C17 December 1954	20.5 °C	1,032 mm	83	0
1953	34.4 °C12 August 1953	2.3 °C12 December 1953	20.6 °C	1,494 mm	64	0
1952	32.2 °C17 August 1952	2.1 °C19 February 1952	20.8 °C	1,504 mm	56	0
1951	34.1 °C31 July 1951	2.1 °C14 January 1951	20.3 °C	1,647 mm	33	0
1950	31.6 °C20 July 1950	1.9 °C10 December 1950	20.2 °C	1,457 mm	31	0
1949	33.0 °C1 June 1949	0.7 °C9 January 1949	20.8 °C	1,254 mm	54	0
1948	33.4 °C6 July 1948	1.6 °C3 January 1948	20.4 °C	1,477 mm	42	0
1947	31.2 °C26 August 1947	2.3 °C23 February 1947	19.6 °C	1,980 mm	19	0
1946	36.0 °C21 June 1946	1.3 °C6 January 1946	20.6 °C	1,043 mm	72	0
1945	32.5 °C31 July 1945	1.2 °C18 January 1945	19.2 °C	1,703 mm	24	0
1944	31.6 °C9 August 1944	1.4 °C9 December 1944	20.0 °C	1,396 mm	24	0
1943	36.4 °C27 May 1943	0.2 °C13 January 1943	20.3 °C	767 mm	76	0
1942	32.8 °C15 August 1942	1.8 °C14 December 1942	19.8 °C	1,409 mm	42	0
1941	30.9 °C29 June 1941	3.2 °C3 February 1941	19.9 °C	1,817 mm	25	0
1940	33.7 °C30 August 1940	-0.4 °C24 January 1940	19.4 °C	1,325 mm	32	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

137 d/yr

+56

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1902 mm

+223 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.3 °C	+2.3 °C	5 mm	-25 mm
Feb	19.6 °C	+0.9 °C	39 mm	-16 mm
Mar	23.4 °C	+1.8 °C	77 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+2.4 °C	89 mm	-40 mm
May	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	219 mm	-7 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+1.7 °C	226 mm	-72 mm
Jul	32.0 °C	+1.3 °C	521 mm	+281 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	+0.6 °C	335 mm	+49 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	+1.8 °C	310 mm	+108 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+2.2 °C	46 mm	-16 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+0.5 °C	23 mm	-18 mm
Dec	22.8 °C	+3.1 °C	13 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

22 Apr 2025

Coldest day

3.3 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

94.7 mm

10 Jul 2025

Windiest day

30.1 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chaozhou?

Chaozhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,679 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chaozhou?

The hottest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2020, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chaozhou?

The coldest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1955, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Chaozhou?

Almost never: Chaozhou sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chaozhou warmed?

Yes: Chaozhou warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chaozhou?

The wettest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1970, with 215 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chaozhou?

The windiest day measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2013, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chaozhou?

The warmest month in Chaozhou is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Chaozhou?

Chaozhou receives on average 1,679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chaozhou?

Chaozhou gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chaozhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Chaozhou?

Yes: Chaozhou has on average 166 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chaozhou?

In Chaozhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 4 August 2024, and the lowest was -6.9 °C on 11 January 1955.

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