Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Putian: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Putian, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 422nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 413th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Putian is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July, selected | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Quanzhou in JulyChina · 72 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Fuzhou in JulyChina · 75 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JulyChina · 80 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Jinjiang in JulyChina · 82 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Xiamen in JulyChina · 142 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Ningde in JulyChina · 145 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 223 mm rain
- Nanping in JulyChina · 158 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Sanming in JulyChina · 166 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 145 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.