Quanzhou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Quanzhou?

Quanzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,281 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1953, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Quanzhou?

The coldest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1999, at -1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Quanzhou?

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

Q: Has the climate of Quanzhou warmed?

Yes: Quanzhou warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Quanzhou?

The wettest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1965, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Quanzhou?

The windiest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1982, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Quanzhou?

The warmest month in Quanzhou is July (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Quanzhou?

Quanzhou receives on average 1,281 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Quanzhou?

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

Quanzhou (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,281 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 (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Quanzhou averages 0 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.

Quanzhou has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 16 August 1953) and the coldest -1.7 °C (on 23 December 1999).

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

QuanzhouFujian

coords: 24.91°, 118.59°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,281mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

16.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

108 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

129 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

18.6 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

158 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

41.3 °C

16 August 1953

Coldest day

-1.7 °C

23 December 1999

Wettest day

204 mm

27 July 1965

Windiest day

51.5 km/h

29 July 1982

Strongest gust

119.9 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

6 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-6.3 °C

25 January 2016

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

14 December 1975

Sunniest day

13.5 h

20 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.3 °C7 July 2025	2.6 °C12 January 2025	22.5 °C	1,316 mm	160	0
2024	37.5 °C23 July 2024	2.7 °C24 January 2024	22.4 °C	1,705 mm	133	0
2023	39.5 °C10 July 2023	2.2 °C29 January 2023	22.4 °C	1,316 mm	141	0
2022	37.8 °C22 August 2022	3.0 °C21 February 2022	21.8 °C	1,545 mm	136	0
2021	40.2 °C27 July 2021	0.0 °C13 January 2021	22.8 °C	902 mm	160	0
2020	37.4 °C13 July 2020	3.7 °C19 February 2020	22.6 °C	926 mm	144	0
2019	37.7 °C9 August 2019	5.4 °C23 January 2019	22.1 °C	1,190 mm	141	0
2018	38.4 °C29 July 2018	1.4 °C6 February 2018	22.2 °C	1,129 mm	146	0
2017	39.1 °C27 September 2017	5.2 °C13 February 2017	22.1 °C	1,216 mm	134	0
2016	36.8 °C1 June 2016	-1.4 °C25 January 2016	21.7 °C	2,157 mm	129	2
2015	37.0 °C13 July 2015	4.1 °C10 February 2015	22.1 °C	1,272 mm	132	0
2014	38.1 °C1 August 2014	1.0 °C23 January 2014	22.0 °C	1,151 mm	142	0
2013	35.5 °C19 August 2013	3.1 °C30 December 2013	21.6 °C	1,545 mm	115	0
2012	36.6 °C20 July 2012	2.3 °C31 December 2012	21.5 °C	1,297 mm	126	0
2011	37.9 °C18 August 2011	3.7 °C16 January 2011	21.6 °C	1,160 mm	139	0
2010	38.0 °C14 August 2010	0.7 °C17 December 2010	21.5 °C	1,279 mm	110	0
2009	37.1 °C2 August 2009	1.4 °C11 January 2009	22.1 °C	978 mm	163	0
2008	36.8 °C13 August 2008	3.6 °C15 February 2008	21.6 °C	1,518 mm	140	0
2007	37.4 °C27 July 2007	3.6 °C29 January 2007	22.1 °C	1,289 mm	135	0
2006	37.1 °C17 August 2006	3.2 °C8 January 2006	21.9 °C	1,913 mm	141	0
2005	38.1 °C6 August 2005	1.9 °C16 January 2005	21.5 °C	1,190 mm	132	0
2004	40.2 °C17 August 2004	2.9 °C25 January 2004	21.7 °C	1,193 mm	138	0
2003	39.4 °C22 July 2003	4.5 °C13 January 2003	21.7 °C	1,025 mm	138	0
2002	39.2 °C3 July 2002	4.5 °C27 December 2002	22.0 °C	1,159 mm	122	0
2001	35.7 °C22 August 2001	2.7 °C24 December 2001	21.4 °C	1,341 mm	105	0
2000	37.4 °C4 June 2000	3.7 °C28 January 2000	21.5 °C	1,500 mm	123	0
1999	35.3 °C20 August 1999	-1.7 °C23 December 1999	21.3 °C	1,556 mm	114	3
1998	36.2 °C16 July 1998	4.7 °C25 January 1998	22.0 °C	1,380 mm	124	0
1997	34.9 °C30 July 1997	2.7 °C11 January 1997	21.0 °C	1,680 mm	96	0
1996	38.6 °C21 July 1996	2.7 °C11 February 1996	20.9 °C	1,332 mm	126	0
1995	37.2 °C21 July 1995	1.7 °C6 January 1995	20.7 °C	1,111 mm	118	0
1994	35.6 °C1 July 1994	1.9 °C23 January 1994	21.5 °C	1,295 mm	118	0
1993	35.8 °C18 August 1993	0.1 °C29 January 1993	21.0 °C	1,155 mm	118	0
1992	35.7 °C2 August 1992	1.2 °C16 January 1992	20.3 °C	1,557 mm	83	0
1991	38.3 °C16 July 1991	-1.4 °C29 December 1991	21.2 °C	1,038 mm	116	1
1990	35.9 °C26 July 1990	4.9 °C24 January 1990	21.1 °C	1,815 mm	90	0
1989	36.9 °C17 July 1989	2.7 °C12 February 1989	20.8 °C	1,208 mm	97	0
1988	37.7 °C25 July 1988	3.8 °C13 December 1988	20.4 °C	1,067 mm	106	0
1987	36.5 °C28 August 1987	2.9 °C5 February 1987	20.9 °C	1,333 mm	89	0
1986	36.5 °C10 September 1986	-0.7 °C3 March 1986	20.6 °C	1,276 mm	109	1
1985	34.6 °C18 August 1985	1.2 °C17 December 1985	20.4 °C	1,433 mm	94	0
1984	35.4 °C13 July 1984	1.3 °C8 February 1984	20.1 °C	1,321 mm	91	0
1983	36.8 °C25 July 1983	3.6 °C30 December 1983	20.9 °C	1,575 mm	120	0
1982	35.6 °C11 August 1982	3.2 °C14 December 1982	20.7 °C	1,226 mm	88	0
1981	34.7 °C3 September 1981	1.2 °C18 January 1981	20.6 °C	1,454 mm	88	0
1980	36.9 °C24 July 1980	3.0 °C24 December 1980	20.7 °C	1,298 mm	116	0
1979	37.1 °C15 August 1979	3.0 °C2 February 1979	20.7 °C	1,158 mm	101	0
1978	35.4 °C18 August 1978	0.5 °C6 January 1978	20.8 °C	1,354 mm	112	0
1977	36.5 °C8 August 1977	1.8 °C11 February 1977	21.2 °C	1,145 mm	115	0
1976	35.5 °C22 August 1976	1.9 °C10 December 1976	20.2 °C	1,563 mm	87	0
1975	34.7 °C30 July 1975	0.6 °C16 December 1975	20.7 °C	1,641 mm	106	0
1974	35.6 °C7 August 1974	1.1 °C10 February 1974	20.7 °C	1,189 mm	92	0
1973	34.6 °C30 July 1973	0.6 °C31 December 1973	20.6 °C	1,783 mm	91	0
1972	35.5 °C22 July 1972	1.8 °C2 March 1972	20.7 °C	1,929 mm	107	0
1971	38.1 °C20 July 1971	1.8 °C11 January 1971	20.7 °C	1,224 mm	115	0
1970	36.1 °C1 August 1970	1.1 °C21 January 1970	20.4 °C	1,299 mm	100	0
1969	36.0 °C23 July 1969	1.2 °C6 February 1969	20.5 °C	1,205 mm	109	0
1968	34.6 °C18 July 1968	1.7 °C21 February 1968	20.5 °C	1,481 mm	87	0
1967	36.7 °C27 August 1967	-0.3 °C17 January 1967	20.6 °C	936 mm	115	1
1966	35.4 °C16 August 1966	2.6 °C4 January 1966	20.2 °C	1,416 mm	56	0
1965	33.9 °C14 July 1965	1.6 °C9 January 1965	19.6 °C	1,552 mm	46	0
1964	37.5 °C6 August 1964	4.0 °C21 December 1964	21.3 °C	936 mm	119	0
1963	36.1 °C4 September 1963	-1.5 °C27 January 1963	20.9 °C	904 mm	118	5
1962	35.4 °C1 August 1962	0.3 °C27 January 1962	20.3 °C	1,078 mm	95	0
1961	36.7 °C30 June 1961	-0.4 °C18 January 1961	20.8 °C	1,637 mm	104	1
1960	36.2 °C22 August 1960	1.1 °C3 January 1960	20.9 °C	1,259 mm	93	0
1959	36.2 °C31 July 1959	0.6 °C17 January 1959	20.9 °C	1,516 mm	94	0
1958	36.1 °C8 July 1958	1.4 °C13 February 1958	20.7 °C	1,130 mm	116	0
1957	36.7 °C15 July 1957	-0.6 °C12 February 1957	20.5 °C	1,001 mm	98	2
1956	37.9 °C11 July 1956	-1.0 °C10 January 1956	20.4 °C	1,377 mm	118	1
1955	34.1 °C13 July 1955	-1.5 °C12 January 1955	19.9 °C	847 mm	91	2
1954	39.1 °C14 August 1954	1.2 °C16 December 1954	20.8 °C	550 mm	129	0
1953	41.3 °C16 August 1953	1.3 °C7 January 1953	20.7 °C	938 mm	102	0
1952	34.1 °C16 August 1952	1.4 °C20 February 1952	20.4 °C	1,292 mm	79	0
1951	35.4 °C31 July 1951	2.4 °C13 January 1951	20.1 °C	1,230 mm	84	0
1950	35.0 °C19 July 1950	1.1 °C10 December 1950	20.2 °C	1,019 mm	80	0
1949	34.0 °C1 June 1949	-0.8 °C10 January 1949	20.5 °C	922 mm	82	2
1948	36.7 °C6 July 1948	0.6 °C17 January 1948	20.4 °C	1,061 mm	76	0
1947	35.0 °C25 August 1947	0.4 °C24 February 1947	19.4 °C	1,533 mm	72	0
1946	36.6 °C21 June 1946	1.4 °C6 January 1946	20.5 °C	775 mm	121	0
1945	34.3 °C31 July 1945	0.7 °C18 January 1945	19.0 °C	1,408 mm	57	0
1944	34.1 °C6 July 1944	2.6 °C7 January 1944	19.8 °C	971 mm	62	0
1943	35.9 °C27 May 1943	0.3 °C14 January 1943	20.2 °C	646 mm	95	0
1942	34.4 °C12 August 1942	0.8 °C7 December 1942	19.5 °C	1,160 mm	64	0
1941	32.1 °C11 July 1941	0.9 °C3 February 1941	19.6 °C	1,343 mm	52	0
1940	33.3 °C30 August 1940	-0.9 °C25 January 1940	19.0 °C	1,472 mm	47	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

+52

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1316 mm

+35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.9 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-28 mm
Feb	18.6 °C	+0.8 °C	35 mm	-13 mm
Mar	23.2 °C	+2.3 °C	77 mm	+9 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+2.2 °C	95 mm	-4 mm
May	29.6 °C	+1.7 °C	163 mm	-11 mm
Jun	33.3 °C	+3.3 °C	104 mm	-120 mm
Jul	34.1 °C	+1.6 °C	387 mm	+213 mm
Aug	33.2 °C	+1.0 °C	187 mm	-26 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+2.2 °C	197 mm	+59 mm
Oct	30.2 °C	+2.8 °C	18 mm	-27 mm
Nov	24.5 °C	+0.9 °C	23 mm	-17 mm
Dec	21.9 °C	+2.6 °C	29 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.3 °C

7 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.6 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

65.6 mm

11 Jul 2025

Windiest day

33.7 km/h

14 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

14 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

1 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

30 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Quanzhou?

Quanzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,281 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quanzhou?

The hottest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1953, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Quanzhou?

The coldest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1999, at -1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Quanzhou?

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

Has the climate of Quanzhou warmed?

Yes: Quanzhou warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Quanzhou?

The wettest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1965, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Quanzhou?

The windiest day measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1982, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Quanzhou?

The warmest month in Quanzhou is July (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Quanzhou?

Quanzhou receives on average 1,281 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Quanzhou?

Quanzhou 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 Quanzhou?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quanzhou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1975, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Quanzhou?

Yes: Quanzhou has on average 158 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quanzhou?

In Quanzhou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 6 August 2023, and the lowest was -6.3 °C on 25 January 2016.

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