Gaozhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gaozhou?

Gaozhou has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 1,716 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1949, reaching 38.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gaozhou?

The coldest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 0.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gaozhou?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gaozhou warmed?

Yes: Gaozhou warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gaozhou?

The wettest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1994, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gaozhou?

The windiest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with winds reaching 68.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gaozhou?

The warmest month in Gaozhou is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gaozhou?

Gaozhou receives on average 1,716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gaozhou?

Gaozhou gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gaozhou (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 1,716 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 (28.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Gaozhou averages 0 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.

Gaozhou has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 14 June 1949) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 16 January 1963).

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

GaozhouGuangdong

coords: 21.92°, 110.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

23.2°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,716mm

Sunshine / day

8.1h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

12.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

178 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.3 °C

Average feels-like low

22.3 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

213 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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

38.7 °C

14 June 1949

Coldest day

0.4 °C

16 January 1963

Wettest day

217 mm

9 June 1994

Windiest day

68.8 km/h

30 August 1954

Strongest gust

137.5 km/h

30 August 1954

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

12 August 1983

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

15 January 1963

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.6 °C18 July 2025	6.2 °C13 January 2025	23.8 °C	1,621 mm	155
2024	36.0 °C5 September 2024	4.8 °C23 January 2024	24.2 °C	1,636 mm	176
2023	36.5 °C31 May 2023	5.7 °C30 January 2023	24.0 °C	1,845 mm	149
2022	36.6 °C25 July 2022	6.5 °C20 February 2022	23.4 °C	1,644 mm	151
2021	37.0 °C16 July 2021	5.1 °C12 January 2021	24.0 °C	1,433 mm	160
2020	35.5 °C29 July 2020	7.4 °C31 January 2020	23.9 °C	1,271 mm	144
2019	35.7 °C15 August 2019	8.4 °C1 January 2019	24.3 °C	1,408 mm	165
2018	35.6 °C23 May 2018	3.9 °C1 February 2018	23.6 °C	1,660 mm	153
2017	35.9 °C21 August 2017	7.8 °C18 December 2017	23.6 °C	1,613 mm	145
2016	35.5 °C9 July 2016	2.6 °C24 January 2016	23.7 °C	1,752 mm	171
2015	36.8 °C12 July 2015	7.7 °C15 January 2015	24.0 °C	1,845 mm	167
2014	35.4 °C2 August 2014	3.4 °C20 February 2014	23.5 °C	1,374 mm	163
2013	35.4 °C11 October 2013	6.4 °C19 December 2013	23.5 °C	1,906 mm	147
2012	36.3 °C2 August 2012	6.8 °C24 December 2012	23.4 °C	1,908 mm	167
2011	36.5 °C28 September 2011	5.4 °C12 January 2011	22.8 °C	1,398 mm	149
2010	35.6 °C5 July 2010	4.4 °C17 December 2010	23.6 °C	1,763 mm	142
2009	35.8 °C24 August 2009	4.6 °C11 January 2009	23.7 °C	1,640 mm	157
2008	36.2 °C28 July 2008	5.3 °C3 February 2008	22.9 °C	2,234 mm	143
2007	36.6 °C8 August 2007	6.8 °C29 January 2007	23.7 °C	1,296 mm	152
2006	36.0 °C24 July 2006	6.4 °C18 December 2006	23.7 °C	1,787 mm	160
2005	36.9 °C19 July 2005	5.3 °C1 January 2005	23.4 °C	1,452 mm	167
2004	35.8 °C1 July 2004	4.0 °C9 February 2004	23.4 °C	1,138 mm	161
2003	37.5 °C23 July 2003	4.3 °C8 January 2003	24.2 °C	1,220 mm	188
2002	34.9 °C10 July 2002	6.2 °C27 December 2002	23.7 °C	2,145 mm	141
2001	35.5 °C5 July 2001	4.8 °C24 December 2001	23.7 °C	2,037 mm	154
2000	35.2 °C20 August 2000	6.9 °C28 January 2000	23.8 °C	1,512 mm	159
1999	36.2 °C6 June 1999	3.7 °C24 December 1999	23.8 °C	1,435 mm	167
1998	36.8 °C5 August 1998	8.0 °C18 January 1998	24.1 °C	2,069 mm	169
1997	35.7 °C20 August 1997	6.1 °C12 January 1997	23.4 °C	2,439 mm	143
1996	35.4 °C26 July 1996	4.1 °C20 February 1996	23.2 °C	1,403 mm	149
1995	34.7 °C22 July 1995	5.5 °C31 December 1995	23.0 °C	1,661 mm	141
1994	35.6 °C11 July 1994	6.8 °C23 January 1994	23.5 °C	2,157 mm	129
1993	35.0 °C26 July 1993	3.7 °C29 January 1993	23.1 °C	2,277 mm	143
1992	35.7 °C1 September 1992	5.7 °C15 January 1992	22.8 °C	2,067 mm	127
1991	36.1 °C19 July 1991	3.3 °C28 December 1991	24.0 °C	1,504 mm	174
1990	38.1 °C23 August 1990	5.5 °C31 January 1990	23.4 °C	1,666 mm	146
1989	36.6 °C17 July 1989	5.7 °C13 January 1989	23.0 °C	1,364 mm	146
1988	35.6 °C9 July 1988	7.1 °C13 December 1988	22.9 °C	1,762 mm	148
1987	35.8 °C13 July 1987	6.0 °C7 December 1987	23.9 °C	1,845 mm	153
1986	35.4 °C31 July 1986	4.9 °C6 January 1986	23.2 °C	1,599 mm	149
1985	35.2 °C23 June 1985	6.8 °C25 December 1985	22.8 °C	2,123 mm	153
1984	35.2 °C26 July 1984	4.5 °C9 January 1984	22.4 °C	1,799 mm	136
1983	35.9 °C12 July 1983	4.1 °C25 January 1983	22.7 °C	2,180 mm	159
1982	35.6 °C16 July 1982	3.1 °C28 December 1982	23.0 °C	2,125 mm	141
1981	35.3 °C21 June 1981	4.7 °C13 January 1981	23.2 °C	2,241 mm	126
1980	36.2 °C10 July 1980	4.4 °C8 February 1980	23.5 °C	1,560 mm	155
1979	38.3 °C29 July 1979	5.7 °C1 February 1979	23.1 °C	1,872 mm	160
1978	35.3 °C15 July 1978	4.2 °C22 January 1978	23.1 °C	2,279 mm	119
1977	35.9 °C19 July 1977	3.4 °C5 January 1977	23.2 °C	1,326 mm	150
1976	34.9 °C25 May 1976	3.9 °C13 January 1976	22.6 °C	2,295 mm	113
1975	34.9 °C11 June 1975	2.7 °C24 December 1975	23.0 °C	2,130 mm	145
1974	34.4 °C20 August 1974	1.9 °C2 January 1974	22.8 °C	1,933 mm	145
1973	34.4 °C31 May 1973	3.6 °C26 December 1973	23.3 °C	2,745 mm	125
1972	35.4 °C9 July 1972	4.1 °C11 February 1972	22.9 °C	2,761 mm	133
1971	35.0 °C17 June 1971	3.4 °C6 January 1971	22.8 °C	1,848 mm	124
1970	35.6 °C15 July 1970	5.2 °C16 January 1970	22.7 °C	1,967 mm	136
1969	35.7 °C27 September 1969	3.4 °C6 February 1969	22.7 °C	1,843 mm	143
1968	37.0 °C26 July 1968	5.9 °C3 March 1968	23.0 °C	2,134 mm	126
1967	35.5 °C12 July 1967	1.2 °C17 January 1967	22.7 °C	1,689 mm	145
1966	33.2 °C15 August 1966	5.8 °C1 January 1966	23.3 °C	1,842 mm	124
1965	33.9 °C14 July 1965	5.7 °C31 December 1965	22.6 °C	1,862 mm	94
1964	35.2 °C24 May 1964	5.4 °C27 February 1964	23.2 °C	1,592 mm	152
1963	35.4 °C1 June 1963	0.4 °C16 January 1963	23.1 °C	1,205 mm	146
1962	35.2 °C10 July 1962	3.8 °C3 December 1962	22.9 °C	1,594 mm	148
1961	34.7 °C23 August 1961	1.7 °C19 January 1961	23.3 °C	1,876 mm	150
1960	35.3 °C21 August 1960	4.4 °C3 January 1960	23.2 °C	1,630 mm	131
1959	34.5 °C30 August 1959	7.3 °C10 January 1959	22.9 °C	1,902 mm	136
1958	36.2 °C9 May 1958	4.5 °C2 February 1958	23.1 °C	1,192 mm	150
1957	36.5 °C14 August 1957	2.8 °C7 February 1957	22.8 °C	1,774 mm	118
1956	35.7 °C27 April 1956	4.4 °C10 January 1956	23.4 °C	915 mm	181
1955	35.2 °C3 May 1955	1.6 °C12 January 1955	23.2 °C	1,123 mm	149
1954	36.0 °C29 July 1954	6.3 °C17 December 1954	23.4 °C	1,113 mm	126
1953	34.7 °C12 August 1953	5.1 °C12 December 1953	23.3 °C	1,428 mm	142
1952	33.3 °C29 July 1952	5.8 °C19 February 1952	23.4 °C	1,559 mm	126
1951	33.8 °C10 April 1951	6.1 °C13 January 1951	23.0 °C	1,969 mm	97
1950	32.5 °C29 March 1950	7.0 °C7 January 1950	23.0 °C	1,896 mm	111
1949	38.7 °C14 June 1949	4.9 °C16 January 1949	23.6 °C	1,153 mm	140
1948	33.3 °C11 March 1948	5.7 °C4 January 1948	23.1 °C	1,346 mm	125
1947	32.8 °C17 May 1947	6.4 °C21 December 1947	22.8 °C	1,432 mm	99
1946	37.7 °C28 July 1946	5.2 °C7 January 1946	24.0 °C	781 mm	170
1945	32.5 °C18 April 1945	4.8 °C18 January 1945	22.0 °C	1,498 mm	100
1944	36.2 °C8 April 1944	3.1 °C21 December 1944	22.7 °C	1,912 mm	105
1943	37.0 °C29 May 1943	5.1 °C12 January 1943	22.8 °C	1,025 mm	135
1942	32.3 °C6 August 1942	5.1 °C7 December 1942	22.4 °C	1,608 mm	97
1941	32.2 °C9 August 1941	6.6 °C29 December 1941	22.6 °C	2,089 mm	95
1940	32.5 °C31 August 1940	4.6 °C25 January 1940	22.3 °C	1,604 mm	105

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.0 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

155 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1621 mm

-95 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.2 °C	+1.7 °C	6 mm	-30 mm
Feb	21.8 °C	+0.6 °C	17 mm	-33 mm
Mar	23.7 °C	-0.6 °C	58 mm	-22 mm
Apr	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	94 mm	-72 mm
May	30.2 °C	-0.1 °C	254 mm	-14 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+0.7 °C	248 mm	-69 mm
Jul	32.9 °C	+0.8 °C	283 mm	+49 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	0.0 °C	261 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+0.5 °C	263 mm	+101 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+0.3 °C	96 mm	+27 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	-0.5 °C	24 mm	-17 mm
Dec	24.9 °C	+2.6 °C	18 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.6 °C

18 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.2 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

59.5 mm

17 Jun 2025

Windiest day

47.1 km/h

5 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

117.4 km/h

5 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.3 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gaozhou?

Gaozhou has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 1,716 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gaozhou?

The hottest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1949, reaching 38.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gaozhou?

The coldest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1963, at 0.4 °C.

Does it snow in Gaozhou?

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

Has the climate of Gaozhou warmed?

Yes: Gaozhou warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gaozhou?

The wettest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1994, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gaozhou?

The windiest day measured in Gaozhou between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with winds reaching 68.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gaozhou?

The warmest month in Gaozhou is July (28.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Gaozhou?

Gaozhou receives on average 1,716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gaozhou?

Gaozhou gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gaozhou?

Yes: Gaozhou has on average 213 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gaozhou?

In Gaozhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 12 August 1983, and the lowest was -2.6 °C on 15 January 1963.

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