Guangzhou weather in June

In June, Guangzhou sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 336 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in June, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of June to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Guangzhou's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guangzhou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
10th coldest
Rainfall
336 mm
22.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:45 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Guangzhou is capital city of Guangdong Province, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36.4 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
2,221/km²
people per km²
Founded
~214 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical June day in Guangzhou reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C warmer than May and about 1°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Guangzhou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
19 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Guangzhou weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 12°416.410.76.6
Feb20° / 13°558.911.26.1
Mar23° / 17°11714.311.85.8
Apr27° / 21°19716.512.55.1
May30° / 24°2902113.13.5
Jun32° / 26°33622.713.42.6
Jul33° / 27°22921.813.32.4
Aug33° / 27°26522.112.82.5
Sep32° / 25°17715.812.13.6
Oct29° / 22°586.411.56.1
Nov25° / 18°355.310.97.7
Dec21° / 13°374.710.67.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Guangzhou gets around 336 mm of rain over 22.7 wet days in June, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the miserable band about 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1282268
2172270
3172171
4162073
5162073
6051976
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8041878
9041779
10041779
11031681
12031582
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Wind in June

Winds average 10 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in June

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of June to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:457:04
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in July across the year — June's 4.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Guangzhou

In seasonPeak

In June, Guangzhou sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Guangzhou sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Guangzhou's monsoon runs April–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Guangzhou?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guangzhou.

What to pack for Guangzhou in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Guangzhou sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Guangzhou in June

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 67 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 21 to Dec 17 — about 8.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr22Refreshing
May26Warm
Jun28Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct27Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Guangzhou in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Guangzhou peaks around July 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 16UV 12Jan 12UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Guangzhou in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Guangzhou is worst in January — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Guangzhou's WHO annual average of 36.4 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 2147 µg/m³Jul 1124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr37Poor
May31Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct37Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Guangzhou?

Guangzhou sits at 23.1°N, 113.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Zhuhai, 99 km away.

Topography around Guangzhou

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Guangzhou.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guangzhou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,285 m.

The land around Guangzhou is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (65%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
371 m
80 km
1,285 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Zhuhai 99 km · Shenzhen 105 km · Macau 106 km · Ha Tsuen 106 km · Tin Shui Wai 106 km · 107 km · Ping Shan 108 km · Yeung Uk Tsuen 108 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
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

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 Guangzhou (23.1167°, 113.25°, elevation 15 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).