Jinhua climate — normals and trends
Jinhua (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 1,282 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 June (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Jinhua averages 73 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.
Jinhua has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.1 °C (on 5 June 2023) and the coldest -20.6 °C (on 17 December 2013).
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
JinhuaYunnan
- coords
- 26.54°, 99.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,282mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
13.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
163 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001
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
31.1 °C
5 June 2023
Coldest day
-20.6 °C
17 December 2013
Wettest day
92 mm
12 August 2025
Windiest day
23.8 km/h
17 February 1989
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
20 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
31.4 °C
18 August 2016
Coldest feels-like
-25.4 °C
17 December 2013
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
19 October 1956
Sunniest day
13.2 h
31 May 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 14 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 46 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 21.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 168 mm | +72 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 250 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 276 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 435 mm | +179 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 243 mm | +32 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 81 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 34 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 14.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jinhua?
Jinhua has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 1,282 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jinhua?
The hottest day measured in Jinhua between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2023, reaching 31.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jinhua?
The coldest day measured in Jinhua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2013, at -20.6 °C.
Does it snow in Jinhua?
Yes. Jinhua gets on average 9.9 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Jinhua warmed?
Yes: Jinhua warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jinhua?
The wettest day measured in Jinhua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jinhua?
The windiest day measured in Jinhua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1989, with winds reaching 23.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jinhua?
The warmest month in Jinhua is June (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Jinhua?
Jinhua receives on average 1,282 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jinhua?
Jinhua gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jinhua?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jinhua between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1956, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jinhua?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Jinhua.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jinhua?
In Jinhua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.4 °C on 18 August 2016, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 17 December 2013.
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