Guilin climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Guilin?

Guilin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,196 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2013, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Guilin?

The coldest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1963, at -3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Guilin?

Almost never: Guilin sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Guilin warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Guilin?

The wettest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1968, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Guilin?

The windiest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1955, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Guilin?

The warmest month in Guilin is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Guilin?

Guilin receives on average 2,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 200 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Guilin?

Guilin gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Guilin (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,196 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Guilin averages 1 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 200 rainy days per year.

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

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 13 August 2013) and the coldest -3.3 °C (on 14 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

GuilinGuangxi

coords: 25.28°, 110.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

23.3°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,196mm

Sunshine / day

6.7h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

18.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

200 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.9 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

153 d/yr

Solar radiation

12.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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

39.3 °C

13 August 2013

Coldest day

-3.3 °C

14 January 1963

Wettest day

204 mm

24 August 1968

Windiest day

33.4 km/h

12 March 1955

Strongest gust

83.2 km/h

8 June 1946

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

24 July 1958

Coldest feels-like

-8.5 °C

25 January 1948

Snowiest day

15.5 cm

6 January 2003

Sunniest day

13.1 h

10 July 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.4 °C19 July 2025	1.5 °C9 February 2025	20.8 °C	1,656 mm	123	0
2024	38.0 °C25 July 2024	-0.6 °C23 January 2024	20.7 °C	2,590 mm	107	1
2023	38.2 °C29 July 2023	0.8 °C22 December 2023	20.7 °C	1,701 mm	120	0
2022	37.7 °C18 September 2022	2.2 °C20 February 2022	20.1 °C	2,068 mm	116	0
2021	37.8 °C2 August 2021	-0.8 °C12 January 2021	20.7 °C	1,667 mm	127	1
2020	34.9 °C28 August 2020	2.6 °C31 December 2020	19.9 °C	2,412 mm	97	0
2019	38.0 °C13 September 2019	2.3 °C1 January 2019	20.2 °C	2,135 mm	113	0
2018	36.7 °C11 July 2018	-1.1 °C6 February 2018	20.0 °C	1,739 mm	107	1
2017	36.2 °C22 August 2017	2.0 °C21 December 2017	20.2 °C	1,915 mm	97	0
2016	37.6 °C27 September 2016	0.8 °C25 January 2016	20.5 °C	2,345 mm	116	0
2015	36.0 °C13 July 2015	2.4 °C6 February 2015	20.0 °C	2,610 mm	83	0
2014	36.4 °C23 July 2014	0.5 °C20 February 2014	20.1 °C	1,850 mm	112	0
2013	39.3 °C13 August 2013	0.4 °C4 January 2013	20.1 °C	1,989 mm	107	0
2012	35.4 °C22 July 2012	1.1 °C24 December 2012	19.2 °C	1,900 mm	90	0
2011	37.0 °C26 July 2011	0.8 °C21 January 2011	19.5 °C	1,134 mm	111	0
2010	37.7 °C20 September 2010	-0.5 °C17 December 2010	19.9 °C	2,152 mm	86	1
2009	36.8 °C23 August 2009	1.3 °C11 January 2009	20.4 °C	1,452 mm	108	0
2008	37.6 °C23 September 2008	-0.5 °C27 January 2008	19.7 °C	1,617 mm	110	1
2007	37.8 °C8 August 2007	3.0 °C29 January 2007	20.5 °C	1,358 mm	112	0
2006	35.7 °C14 July 2006	0.4 °C9 January 2006	20.2 °C	1,738 mm	108	0
2005	38.0 °C13 August 2005	-0.8 °C1 January 2005	19.8 °C	1,993 mm	116	1
2004	37.0 °C1 July 2004	0.7 °C21 January 2004	19.9 °C	1,785 mm	97	0
2003	38.0 °C5 August 2003	-2.7 °C7 January 2003	20.3 °C	1,925 mm	101	3
2002	36.3 °C14 July 2002	-1.7 °C27 December 2002	20.1 °C	2,602 mm	83	2
2001	36.5 °C16 September 2001	1.1 °C23 December 2001	20.0 °C	2,175 mm	96	0
2000	36.3 °C17 July 2000	0.1 °C2 February 2000	19.4 °C	1,989 mm	103	0
1999	35.6 °C14 September 1999	-1.5 °C23 December 1999	20.1 °C	2,172 mm	91	1
1998	35.9 °C15 September 1998	1.2 °C19 January 1998	20.4 °C	3,051 mm	103	0
1997	35.4 °C30 August 1997	1.7 °C10 January 1997	19.5 °C	2,733 mm	74	0
1996	35.8 °C1 August 1996	-0.3 °C20 February 1996	19.2 °C	2,084 mm	86	1
1995	36.1 °C31 July 1995	1.4 °C5 January 1995	19.5 °C	1,996 mm	89	0
1994	37.0 °C11 July 1994	0.3 °C23 January 1994	19.5 °C	3,100 mm	76	0
1993	34.5 °C27 June 1993	-0.8 °C16 January 1993	19.1 °C	2,600 mm	82	2
1992	37.2 °C4 September 1992	-0.2 °C15 January 1992	19.5 °C	2,212 mm	96	1
1991	36.8 °C19 July 1991	-0.9 °C28 December 1991	19.6 °C	1,927 mm	110	3
1990	36.7 °C27 August 1990	0.9 °C1 February 1990	19.8 °C	2,708 mm	101	0
1989	39.0 °C16 August 1989	0.9 °C13 January 1989	19.6 °C	1,819 mm	111	0
1988	36.5 °C19 July 1988	2.1 °C18 February 1988	19.1 °C	2,050 mm	95	0
1987	34.6 °C12 July 1987	1.1 °C27 January 1987	19.8 °C	2,603 mm	90	0
1986	36.4 °C4 September 1986	0.2 °C7 January 1986	19.7 °C	2,009 mm	111	0
1985	38.3 °C17 July 1985	1.0 °C17 December 1985	19.3 °C	2,097 mm	106	0
1984	35.9 °C30 July 1984	0.6 °C5 January 1984	18.6 °C	2,056 mm	104	0
1983	36.1 °C13 August 1983	0.1 °C24 January 1983	19.5 °C	2,280 mm	113	0
1982	35.5 °C27 July 1982	-0.4 °C27 December 1982	19.5 °C	2,209 mm	100	1
1981	37.4 °C22 June 1981	1.1 °C12 January 1981	19.4 °C	2,687 mm	100	0
1980	35.4 °C10 July 1980	-0.5 °C31 January 1980	19.3 °C	2,325 mm	94	2
1979	35.9 °C29 July 1979	1.1 °C31 January 1979	19.8 °C	1,968 mm	94	0
1978	37.8 °C20 August 1978	-0.8 °C21 January 1978	19.9 °C	2,546 mm	103	1
1977	35.2 °C10 August 1977	-1.6 °C29 January 1977	19.6 °C	2,623 mm	84	7
1976	36.5 °C5 August 1976	-1.0 °C28 December 1976	19.1 °C	2,618 mm	87	3
1975	35.7 °C11 July 1975	-1.1 °C29 December 1975	19.6 °C	2,748 mm	104	6
1974	35.9 °C14 September 1974	0.9 °C2 January 1974	19.7 °C	2,074 mm	104	0
1973	35.3 °C21 July 1973	-0.6 °C31 December 1973	19.9 °C	2,812 mm	97	1
1972	37.4 °C10 July 1972	0.7 °C8 February 1972	19.6 °C	2,613 mm	99	0
1971	37.1 °C26 July 1971	0.4 °C3 January 1971	19.3 °C	2,274 mm	76	0
1970	36.4 °C2 August 1970	-1.4 °C5 January 1970	19.2 °C	2,304 mm	89	2
1969	36.6 °C27 July 1969	-2.1 °C30 January 1969	19.4 °C	2,196 mm	98	4
1968	36.7 °C20 August 1968	1.2 °C1 January 1968	19.7 °C	2,967 mm	93	0
1967	36.2 °C29 August 1967	-2.4 °C16 January 1967	19.1 °C	2,241 mm	99	7
1966	33.4 °C15 August 1966	-0.7 °C27 December 1966	19.3 °C	2,159 mm	73	1
1965	33.6 °C27 July 1965	-1.4 °C17 December 1965	18.8 °C	2,718 mm	39	3
1964	36.8 °C8 August 1964	0.6 °C24 February 1964	19.5 °C	2,235 mm	102	0
1963	36.9 °C3 September 1963	-3.3 °C14 January 1963	20.1 °C	1,840 mm	117	4
1962	36.3 °C25 July 1962	0.2 °C27 January 1962	19.5 °C	2,664 mm	94	0
1961	36.4 °C24 August 1961	-1.6 °C17 January 1961	19.8 °C	3,013 mm	91	1
1960	36.5 °C1 August 1960	-0.7 °C24 January 1960	19.7 °C	2,314 mm	94	2
1959	35.6 °C29 August 1959	1.7 °C25 December 1959	19.3 °C	2,486 mm	91	0
1958	36.1 °C24 July 1958	-0.5 °C2 February 1958	19.6 °C	1,681 mm	93	1
1957	36.4 °C15 August 1957	-2.8 °C11 February 1957	19.5 °C	2,275 mm	90	4
1956	34.6 °C3 September 1956	-1.2 °C9 January 1956	19.2 °C	1,827 mm	92	3
1955	31.7 °C24 August 1955	-2.9 °C11 January 1955	19.4 °C	1,756 mm	39	3
1954	32.2 °C15 June 1954	0.5 °C25 January 1954	19.5 °C	2,649 mm	67	0
1953	38.8 °C13 August 1953	1.4 °C12 December 1953	19.9 °C	1,875 mm	76	0
1952	32.1 °C29 July 1952	-0.8 °C18 February 1952	19.7 °C	2,295 mm	60	3
1951	34.0 °C1 August 1951	-2.9 °C13 January 1951	19.0 °C	2,952 mm	45	3
1950	31.4 °C17 July 1950	1.0 °C14 February 1950	19.3 °C	2,473 mm	25	0
1949	32.4 °C15 September 1949	0.9 °C9 January 1949	19.8 °C	2,556 mm	54	0
1948	32.3 °C6 July 1948	-2.6 °C25 January 1948	19.7 °C	2,057 mm	46	4
1947	31.9 °C28 August 1947	-0.2 °C19 December 1947	19.0 °C	2,355 mm	18	1
1946	35.8 °C3 August 1946	0.2 °C11 January 1946	20.5 °C	1,057 mm	107	0
1945	31.1 °C28 July 1945	-1.1 °C4 February 1945	18.2 °C	1,253 mm	28	3
1944	32.8 °C25 September 1944	-2.7 °C21 December 1944	18.9 °C	2,117 mm	38	5
1943	31.4 °C14 June 1943	-0.6 °C12 January 1943	19.3 °C	1,972 mm	29	1
1942	30.9 °C14 July 1942	2.3 °C12 February 1942	19.2 °C	2,564 mm	16	0
1941	31.6 °C9 August 1941	-0.1 °C29 December 1941	19.0 °C	2,264 mm	16	1
1940	33.6 °C16 September 1940	-1.6 °C25 January 1940	19.1 °C	2,272 mm	73	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.8 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1656 mm

-540 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.5 °C	+4.6 °C	51 mm	-33 mm
Feb	11.8 °C	-2.3 °C	77 mm	-42 mm
Mar	19.5 °C	+1.3 °C	163 mm	-47 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	+3.2 °C	194 mm	-153 mm
May	27.4 °C	+0.4 °C	328 mm	-49 mm
Jun	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	272 mm	-92 mm
Jul	33.7 °C	+2.1 °C	86 mm	-119 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	+0.8 °C	214 mm	+40 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	131 mm	+49 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+1.8 °C	20 mm	-59 mm
Nov	20.8 °C	+0.4 °C	57 mm	-30 mm
Dec	18.4 °C	+3.2 °C	61 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

19 Jul 2025

Coldest day

1.5 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

51.3 mm

9 Sep 2025

Windiest day

33.3 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

69.8 km/h

12 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

9 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Guilin?

Guilin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,196 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guilin?

The hottest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2013, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Guilin?

The coldest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1963, at -3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Guilin?

Almost never: Guilin sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Guilin warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Guilin?

The wettest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1968, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Guilin?

The windiest day measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1955, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Guilin?

The warmest month in Guilin is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Guilin?

Guilin receives on average 2,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 200 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Guilin?

Guilin gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Guilin?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guilin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2003, with 15.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Guilin?

Yes: Guilin has on average 153 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guilin?

In Guilin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 24 July 1958, and the lowest was -8.5 °C on 25 January 1948.

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