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.
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.
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.
North China
Average yearly precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Province or Region |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 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 |
Millimetres |
| – |
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 |
Millimetres |
| 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 |
Millimetres |
| – |
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 |
Millimetres |
| 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 |
Millimetres |
| 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 |