Climate
Zhangzhou has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with mild to warm winters and long, very hot and humid summers. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) in January to 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) in July, and the annual frost-free period lasts 330 days.
| Climate data for Zhangzhou (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 41.0 (1.614) |
84.8 (3.339) |
114.0 (4.488) |
168.4 (6.63) |
207.2 (8.157) |
278.6 (10.969) |
171.9 (6.768) |
232.8 (9.165) |
170.0 (6.693) |
63.0 (2.48) |
38.2 (1.504) |
34.5 (1.358) |
1,604.4 (63.165) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.5 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 139.6 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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