Shenzhen Climate&Weather


Shenzhen has a subtropical monsoon climate with long summers and short winters, a mild climate, abundant sunshine, and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 23.3 ℃, with a historical extreme maximum temperature of 38.7 ℃ and a historical extreme minimum temperature of 0.2 ℃; The average temperature is the lowest in January of the year, with an average of 15.7 ℃, and the highest in July, with an average of 29.0 ℃; The average annual sunshine hours is 1853.0 hours; The average annual precipitation is 1932.9 millimeters, and 86% of the annual rainfall occurs during the current flood season (April to September). The weather in spring is variable, often experiencing "warm and cold" weather, with a prevailing trend towards east wind; Summer lasts for over 6 months (an average of 202 days), with prevailing southerly winds and high temperatures and heavy rainfall; The northeast monsoon prevails in autumn and winter, with dry weather and little rainfall.

Shenzhen has abundant climate resources, with solar energy resources, heat resources, and precipitation resources ranking among the top in the province. However, it is also an area prone to disastrous weather, often experiencing low temperatures, rainy weather, strong convection, spring drought, and even cold waves in a few years; In summer, rainstorm, thunderstorm and typhoon occur frequently due to the influence of weather systems such as frontal trough, tropical cyclone and monsoon cloud cluster; Autumn is the best season for tourism and vacation, with clear and crisp weather. However, due to low rainfall and high evaporation, autumn droughts often occur, and in some years, typhoons and cold waves may also occur; Winter rainfall is scarce, and in most years, there will be consecutive droughts in autumn and winter. Cold waves and low-temperature frost are also the main disasters of this season.