Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in July.
A very hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Sanming: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In July its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks 5th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 189th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Sanming is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 173 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July, selected | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in JulyChina · 71 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Shaowu in JulyChina · 122 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Longyan in JulyChina · 144 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 180 mm rain
- Xujiang in JulyChina · 145 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Qincheng in JulyChina · 152 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Ximeicun in JulyChina · 160 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Putian in JulyChina · 166 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Fuzhou in JulyChina · 170 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.