What's the climate like in Shantou

Shantou's climate belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with high temperature all year round, hot summer and warm winter.

Shantou is located between the equatorial low pressure area and the subtropical high pressure area, at the southern edge of the northeast trade wind area. Shantou is located at the southeast end of the Eurasian continent, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, near the South China Sea. It is often northerly in winter and southerly or southeasterly in summer, which has obvious monsoon climate characteristics.

Shantou is mild and humid, with plenty of sunshine and rain, a long frost-free period and wet and rainy spring. In early summer, the temperature rises and changes, and there are often heavy rains; Although it is hot in midsummer, it is often hit by typhoons. Autumn is cool and dry, the weather is sunny, and the temperature drops obviously; There is no severe cold in winter, but it is cold for a short time. The annual average temperature is 18℃ ~ 22℃, and the minimum temperature is above 0℃. The highest temperature is 35℃ ~ 38℃, which is controlled by the Pacific subtropical high, and mostly occurs from mid-July to early August. There are occasional short-term frosts in winter.

Topography of Shantou

The landform of Shantou is mainly delta alluvial plain, accounting for 63.62% of Shantou's area, followed by hills and mountains, accounting for 30.40% of the land area, and terraces account for 5.98% of the total area. Shantou City is located in the coastal alluvial plain between Lianhua Mountain in eastern Guangdong and the South China Sea. The terrain in the territory inclines from northwest to southeast, and the overall terrain from northwest to southeast is in turn middle and low hills, platform or terrace alluvial plain or coastal Sharon and Haiya Island, which is located at the front of the marine plain.

There are Lotus Hill in the northeast, Pu Sang in the northwest and Da Nan Shan in the southwest. The southeast coast of the estuary is alluvial plain or marine plain and marine erosion landform, as well as the distribution of harbors and islands. The middle and lower reaches of Hanjiang, Rongjiang and Lianjiang pass through the city, and the outlet of Sanjiang becomes an alluvial plain, which is the largest plain in eastern Guangdong.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shantou City