Nanjin climate — normals and trends
Nanjin (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,256 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 August (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Nanjin averages 1 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Nanjin 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 44.1 °C (on 17 August 2011) and the coldest -5.2 °C (on 11 January 1956).
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
NanjinChongqing Municipality
- coords
- 29.98°, 106.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
15.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,256mm
Sunshine / day
6.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
75 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
23.1 °C
Average feels-like low
16.2 °C
Average peak gust
22.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
121 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
44.1 °C
17 August 2011
Coldest day
-5.2 °C
11 January 1956
Wettest day
124 mm
9 June 2013
Windiest day
65.0 km/h
24 May 1946
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
22 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
48.2 °C
25 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-8.8 °C
11 January 1956
Snowiest day
5.3 cm
29 January 1977
Sunniest day
13.9 h
27 June 2025
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 | 12.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 53 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 12.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 31 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 69 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 91 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 28.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 72 mm | -79 mm |
| Jun | 31.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 143 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 35.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 225 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 205 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 240 mm | +100 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 152 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 40 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nanjin?
Nanjin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,256 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nanjin?
The hottest day measured in Nanjin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2011, reaching 44.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nanjin?
The coldest day measured in Nanjin between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at -5.2 °C.
Does it snow in Nanjin?
Yes. Nanjin gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Nanjin warmed?
Yes: Nanjin warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nanjin?
The wettest day measured in Nanjin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2013, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nanjin?
The windiest day measured in Nanjin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1946, with winds reaching 65.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nanjin?
The warmest month in Nanjin is August (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Nanjin?
Nanjin receives on average 1,256 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nanjin?
Nanjin gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nanjin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nanjin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1977, with 5.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nanjin?
Yes: Nanjin has on average 121 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nanjin?
In Nanjin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 25 July 1957, and the lowest was -8.8 °C on 11 January 1956.
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