Climate and average weather in Fuzhou
In Fuzhou, the summers are oppressive, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Fuzhou typically varies from 7°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 3°C or above 37°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Fuzhou for warm-weather activities is from late September to early December.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 7°
- Wettest
- Jun
- 249 mm
- Driest
- Dec
- 52 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1621 mm
- 156 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.4–13.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 14 m
- 26.1°N
- Clearest
- Oct
- 55% cloud
Fuzhou is capital city of Fujian province, China.
- Air quality
- High
- PM2.5 31.5 µg/m³ · 2018
- Density
- 305/km²
- people per km²
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Fuzhou weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late September to early December.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Fuzhou, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from June 3 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Fuzhou is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 25°C.
The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 6 to March 9, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Fuzhou is January, with an average low of 7°C and high of 14°C.
Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 17 |
| Avg low (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 9 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 7 |
| Feb | 15 | 8 |
| Mar | 18 | 10 |
| Apr | 23 | 15 |
| May | 27 | 19 |
| Jun | 30 | 23 |
| Jul | 33 | 25 |
| Aug | 32 | 25 |
| Sep | 29 | 23 |
| Oct | 25 | 18 |
| Nov | 21 | 14 |
| Dec | 17 | 9 |
How hot and cold Fuzhou really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Fuzhou feels like about 41°C (around July 21). About 100 days a year carry some heat stress, and 50 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 17 |
| Air high (°C) | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 17 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 9 |
| Air low (°C) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 9 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| Feb | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| Mar | 18 | 18 | 10 | 10 |
| Apr | 23 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
| May | 27 | 27 | 19 | 19 |
| Jun | 34 | 30 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 40 | 33 | 25 | 25 |
| Aug | 39 | 32 | 25 | 25 |
| Sep | 32 | 29 | 23 | 23 |
| Oct | 25 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 21 | 21 | 14 | 14 |
| Dec | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 |
Average hourly temperature in Fuzhou
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 7°C.
Fuzhou weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° / 7° | 57 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 4.5 |
| Feb | 15° / 8° | 73 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 4.5 |
| Mar | 18° / 10° | 133 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 5.1 |
| Apr | 23° / 15° | 136 | 15 | 12.6 | 5.7 |
| May | 27° / 19° | 226 | 17.1 | 13.3 | 5.3 |
| Jun | 30° / 23° | 249 | 18.1 | 13.6 | 3.7 |
| Jul | 33° / 25° | 169 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 3.0 |
| Aug | 32° / 25° | 240 | 21 | 12.9 | 2.9 |
| Sep | 29° / 23° | 165 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 4.7 |
| Oct | 25° / 18° | 59 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 7.3 |
| Nov | 21° / 14° | 62 | 8 | 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Dec | 17° / 9° | 52 | 7.1 | 10.4 | 5.6 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Fuzhou gets about 1621 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.9 months, from around Feb 25 to Sep 22, peaking in August at about 68% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 22.
June is the wettest month by volume, with 249 mm over about 18 wet days; December is the driest, with 52 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 24 | 36 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 60 | 51 | 66 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 23 |
| Rain days | 7 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | 7 |
| Feb | 36 | 10 |
| Mar | 48 | 15 |
| Apr | 51 | 15 |
| May | 54 | 17 |
| Jun | 60 | 18 |
| Jul | 51 | 16 |
| Aug | 66 | 21 |
| Sep | 50 | 15 |
| Oct | 24 | 7 |
| Nov | 26 | 8 |
| Dec | 23 | 7 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Fuzhou collects about 1621 mm of rain across 156 wet days — roughly 135 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 249 mm, while December is the driest at just 52 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 57 | 73 | 133 | 136 | 226 | 249 | 169 | 240 | 165 | 59 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain days | 7 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 7 |
| Feb | 73 | 10 |
| Mar | 133 | 15 |
| Apr | 136 | 15 |
| May | 226 | 17 |
| Jun | 249 | 18 |
| Jul | 169 | 16 |
| Aug | 240 | 21 |
| Sep | 165 | 15 |
| Oct | 59 | 7 |
| Nov | 62 | 8 |
| Dec | 52 | 7 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Fuzhou, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around July 17 and lasts for 6.9 months, ending around February 12. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 52% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around February 13 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around July 16. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 85% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 39 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 42 | 43 |
| Cloudier (%) | 61 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 85 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 48 | 58 | 57 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 61 |
| Feb | 35 | 65 |
| Mar | 30 | 70 |
| Apr | 29 | 71 |
| May | 24 | 76 |
| Jun | 15 | 85 |
| Jul | 34 | 66 |
| Aug | 40 | 60 |
| Sep | 44 | 56 |
| Oct | 52 | 48 |
| Nov | 42 | 58 |
| Dec | 43 | 57 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 6, brings about 13 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:56 | 6:45 | 6:18 | 5:45 | 5:21 | 5:14 | 5:24 | 5:39 | 5:53 | 6:07 | 6:27 | 6:48 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:28 | 5:50 | 6:07 | 6:21 | 6:37 | 6:52 | 6:53 | 6:35 | 6:02 | 5:29 | 5:09 | 5:10 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.6 | 6:56 | 5:28 |
| Feb | 11.1 | 6:45 | 5:50 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:18 | 6:07 |
| Apr | 12.6 | 5:45 | 6:21 |
| May | 13.3 | 5:21 | 6:37 |
| Jun | 13.6 | 5:14 | 6:52 |
| Jul | 13.5 | 5:24 | 6:53 |
| Aug | 12.9 | 5:39 | 6:35 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:53 | 6:02 |
| Oct | 11.4 | 6:07 | 5:29 |
| Nov | 10.7 | 6:27 | 5:09 |
| Dec | 10.4 | 6:48 | 5:10 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Fuzhou averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 12 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around Sep 11 to Mar 7. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is June, down near 3 sunny days — about 77% fewer than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Sky | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Mixed |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 6 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 5 | Gloomy |
| May | 4 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 2 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 7 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 7 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 8 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 11 | Mixed |
| Nov | 9 | Mixed |
| Dec | 10 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Fuzhou, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around April 21 to October 20. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 21 to April 20, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 94 | 88 | 70 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 83 |
| Comfortable (%) | 5 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 13 |
| Humid (%) | 1 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 17 | 4 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 41 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 65 | 63 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 94 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 88 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 70 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 35 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 3 |
| Jun | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 38 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 65 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 63 |
| Sep | 0 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 22 |
| Oct | 13 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 1 |
| Nov | 48 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec | 83 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Fuzhou is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | calm |
| Feb | 6 | calm |
| Mar | 6 | calm |
| Apr | 6 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 7 | calm |
| Aug | 7 | calm |
| Sep | 7 | calm |
| Oct | 8 | calm |
| Nov | 7 | calm |
| Dec | 7 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Fuzhou
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Fuzhou sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.
Fuzhou's rainy season runs March–September, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Fuzhou
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Fuzhou throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late November, Fuzhou is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fuzhou for general outdoor tourist activities is from late September to early December, with a peak score in the last week of October.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | good | fair | fair | poor | poor | fair | good | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 | fair |
| Feb | 4.5 | fair |
| Mar | 5.1 | fair |
| Apr | 5.7 | good |
| May | 5.3 | fair |
| Jun | 3.7 | fair |
| Jul | 3.0 | poor |
| Aug | 3.0 | poor |
| Sep | 4.7 | fair |
| Oct | 7.2 | good |
| Nov | 6.7 | good |
| Dec | 5.6 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fuzhou for hot-weather activities is from early September to early November, with a peak score in the third week of October.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Fuzhou, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer.
In July, Fuzhou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Fuzhou
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 13°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from May 5 to Nov 20 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Comfort | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Cool | Refreshing | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Cool |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Bracing |
| Feb | 13 | Bracing |
| Mar | 15 | Bracing |
| Apr | 18 | Cool |
| May | 22 | Refreshing |
| Jun | 25 | Warm |
| Jul | 27 | Warm |
| Aug | 27 | Warm |
| Sep | 27 | Warm |
| Oct | 24 | Warm |
| Nov | 21 | Refreshing |
| Dec | 17 | Cool |
UV index (midday) in Fuzhou by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fuzhou peaks around June 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 5 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Level | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | Moderate |
| Feb | 6 | High |
| Mar | 10 | Very high |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 10 | Very high |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 9 | Very high |
| Sep | 10 | Extreme |
| Oct | 8 | Very high |
| Nov | 6 | High |
| Dec | 5 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Fuzhou
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 4.5 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6 | 2 |
| Mar | 7 | 5 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 5 |
| May | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 4.5 | 0 |
Air quality in Fuzhou by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Fuzhou is worst in January — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).
Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Fuzhou's WHO annual average of 31.5 µg/m³.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 42 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 37 |
| Level | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Poor |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | Poor |
| Feb | 40 | Poor |
| Mar | 40 | Poor |
| Apr | 37 | Poor |
| May | 30 | Moderate |
| Jun | 25 | Moderate |
| Jul | 21 | Moderate |
| Aug | 22 | Moderate |
| Sep | 25 | Moderate |
| Oct | 26 | Moderate |
| Nov | 34 | Moderate |
| Dec | 37 | Poor |
Growing season
Fuzhou is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 98 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 98 | 0 |
| Feb | 99 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 99 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Fuzhou banks about 3,715 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 27 | 47 | 137 | 269 | 404 | 497 | 591 | 577 | 481 | 364 | 228 | 93 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 27 |
| Feb | 47 |
| Mar | 137 |
| Apr | 269 |
| May | 404 |
| Jun | 497 |
| Jul | 591 |
| Aug | 577 |
| Sep | 481 |
| Oct | 364 |
| Nov | 228 |
| Dec | 93 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Fuzhou receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.5 and 5.6 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 30 to Oct 6. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.6 kWh/m² — roughly 53% less than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 | Moderate |
| Feb | 2.9 | Moderate |
| Mar | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Apr | 4.3 | Bright |
| May | 4.3 | Bright |
| Jun | 4.4 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.6 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.0 | Bright |
| Sep | 4.3 | Bright |
| Oct | 3.8 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2.8 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2.6 | Moderate |
Where is Fuzhou?
Fuzhou sits at 26.1°N, 119.3°E, 14 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Jinhu, 201 km away.
What Fuzhou looks like
Topography around Fuzhou
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fuzhou.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Fuzhou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 909 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,584 m.
The land around Fuzhou is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and water (27%) within 80 km.
China travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 2
- Exercise Increased Caution
- Power plugs
- Type A / I
- 220 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 47% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $13,862
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.1 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Homicide rate
- 0.5
- per 100k, 2020
- Road deaths
- 17.4
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Upper middle
- World Bank
- English
- Low
- EF EPI 464
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fuzhou (26.0614°, 119.3061°, elevation 14 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).