Geography and Climate
Zhaoqing is located 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Guangzhou, in the west Pearl River Delta. It lies on the north shores of the Xijiang River, which is flows from west to east, and opposite of Gaoyao. A plain area lies to the south and west of Zhaoqing, with mountains to the east and north.
The city has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The yearly average temperature is 21.9 °C (71.4 °F), and annual precipitation is 1,605 mm (63.2 in).
| Climate data for Zhaoqing (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.8 (89.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 40.9 (1.61) |
64.2 (2.528) |
81.3 (3.201) |
200.6 (7.898) |
276.0 (10.866) |
256.1 (10.083) |
229.5 (9.035) |
236.2 (9.299) |
143.0 (5.63) |
75.3 (2.965) |
37.5 (1.476) |
30.8 (1.213) |
1,671.4 (65.803) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 12.3 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 17.2 | 17.4 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 157.1 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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