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Zhaoqing

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Updated Thursday, October 29, 2026 · sourced live layer and versioned editorial content

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Climate normals · 2016–2025

When to go: Zhaoqing month by month

Judged purely on 2016–2025 weather records, the friendliest months in Zhaoqing are typically February, November and December, with average daytime highs around 20–24°C. July is usually the warmest month (average high 32°C), January the coldest (average low 11°C), and August the wettest (about 349 mm). These are long-run averages, not a forecast.

Monthly averages computed from 2016–2025 Open-Meteo historical weather records for this location. Long-run averages, not a forecast.
Month	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)	Rain (mm)	Sunshine (h/day)
January	19.2	11.1	62	6.6
February	20.4	12.3	72	6.1
March	23.9	16.2	146	5.4
April	27.0	19.9	244	6.3
May	29.4	23.2	273	7.7
June	31.0	25.1	325	8.2
July	32.3	25.7	246	9.9
August	31.4	25.4	349	8.5
September	30.8	24.5	235	8.9
October	27.8	20.9	90	8.4
November	24.4	16.9	31	7.6
December	20.1	11.7	17	7.5

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Documented history · 1022
The city wall of Zhaoqing was built in Duanzhou during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song (1022–1063).
Documented history · 1582
The Viceroy Chen Rui (陈瑞) summoned Macao's governor and bishop in the early 1580s, but the town sent its auditor Mattia Penella and the Italian Jesuit Michele Ruggieri in their place in 1582.
Documented history · 1584
Ricci drew the first modern Chinese map of the world in Zhaoqing in 1584.
Documented history · 1588
Ruggieri left for Rome in 1588 but Ricci remained until the next year, when a new viceroy expelled him from the city and obliged the Jesuits to relocate to Shaozhou (now Shaoguan).
Construction of Zhaoqing City Wall
The city wall of Zhaoqing was built in Duanzhou during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song (1022–1063).

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Zhaoqing, in brief

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02 · History