Geography and Climate
Sanya lies at the southern tip of Hainan Island at Sanya Bay. Located at 18° 15' N latitude, it is about as far north of the Equator as the Island of Hawaii is. Though the administrative area (Sanya Prefecture) has a rough topography, the city itself is generally flat, lying on a parcel of land between low-level mountains to the north and the South China Sea. The area has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw), featuring very warm weather all year around. Monsoonal influences are strong, with a relatively lengthy wet season and a pronounced dry season. The coolest month is January, at 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), while the hottest, unlike much of the rest of China, is June, at 28.8 °C (83.8 °F); the annual mean is 25.8 °C (78.4 °F). Water temperatures remain above 20 °C (68 °F) year-round.
| Climate data for Sanya (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.80 (78.44) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 8.0 (0.315) |
12.8 (0.504) |
19.2 (0.756) |
43.3 (1.705) |
142.3 (5.602) |
197.5 (7.776) |
192.6 (7.583) |
221.5 (8.72) |
251.4 (9.898) |
234.5 (9.232) |
58.3 (2.295) |
10.7 (0.421) |
1,392.1 (54.807) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 13.5 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 111.1 |
| Source: Weather.com.cn | |||||||||||||
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