The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities in China. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: North China, Northeast China, East China, South Central China, Southwest China and Northwest China.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The annual amount of precipitation is an average of long-term historical weather data.
North China
Average yearly precipitation
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
46 |
Beijing |
Beijing |
22.7 |
577 |
50 |
Hailar |
Inner Mongolia |
13.8 |
351 |
– |
Hohhot |
Inner Mongolia |
15.8 |
402 |
– |
Shijiazhuang |
Hebei |
20.8 |
528 |
52 |
Taiyuan |
Shanxi |
18.0 |
457 |
68 |
Tianjin |
Tianjin |
22.1 |
561 |
Northeast China
Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
– |
Changchun |
Jilin |
22.8 |
578 |
– |
Dalian |
Liaoning |
24.9 |
632 |
– |
Harbin |
Heilongjiang |
20.5 |
521 |
47 |
Qiqihar |
Heilongjiang |
16.5 |
420 |
62 |
Shenyang |
Liaoning |
26.9 |
684 |
East China
Average amount of rain and snow a year
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
151 |
Fuzhou |
Fujian |
53.0 |
1347 |
112 | Ganzhou |
Jiangxi |
56.0 |
1423 |
– |
Hangzhou |
Zhejiang |
54.2 |
1376 |
– |
Hefei |
Anhui |
38.4 |
975 |
– |
Jinan |
Shandong |
26.6 |
676 |
107 |
Nanchang |
Jiangxi |
59.9 |
1521 |
116 |
Nanjing |
Jiangsu |
40.8 |
1036 |
– |
Ningbo |
Zhejiang |
54.1 |
1374 |
56 |
Qingdao |
Shandong |
28.3 |
720 |
94 |
Shanghai |
Shanghai |
43.7 |
1111 |
– |
Taipei |
Taiwan |
67.5 |
1714 |
– |
Xiamen |
Fujian |
47.2 |
1199 |
South Central China
Average annual precipitation
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
– |
Changsha |
Hunan |
54.2 |
1377 |
110 |
Guangzhou |
Guangdong |
66.2 |
1682 |
– |
Guilin |
Guangxi |
73.0 |
1854 |
103 |
Haikou |
Hainan Island |
64.0 |
1625 |
103 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
87.2 |
2215 |
135 |
Macau |
Macau |
80.0 |
2031 |
105 |
Nanning |
Guangxi |
52.0 |
1321 |
89 |
Shantou |
Guangdong |
60.3 |
1531 |
125 |
Wuhan |
Hubei |
48.1 |
1222 |
56 |
Zhengzhou |
Henan |
25.4 |
645 |
Southwest China
Annual precipitation totals
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
90 |
Chengdu |
Sichuan |
36.3 |
921 |
158 | Chongqing | Chongqing |
44.8 |
1138 |
– |
Guiyang |
Guizhou |
43.7 |
1109 |
96 |
Kunming |
Yunnan |
39.6 |
1007 |
Northwest China
Average yearly precipitation
Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches | mm |
39 |
Altay |
Xinjiang |
6.9 |
175 |
19 |
Jiuquan |
Gansu |
3.5 |
88 |
12 |
Kashi |
Xinjiang |
2.5 |
65 |
47 |
Lanzhou |
Gansu |
12.4 |
316 |
5 |
Ruoqiang |
Xinjiang |
1.0 |
25 |
– |
Urumqi |
Xinjiang |
9.3 |
236 |
66 |
Xi'an |
Shaanxi |
22.6 |
573 |
– |
Xining |
Quinghai |
14.5 |
368 |
29 |
Yinchuan |
Ningxia |
7.6 |
194 |