What's the climate like in Shantou City, Guangdong Province?

Shantou, Guangdong Province belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate.

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 and belongs to subtropical monsoon climate.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through the northern part of Shantou City. The city is mild and humid, with abundant sunshine, abundant rain, long frost-free period, humid spring and rainy days; In early summer, the temperature rises and changes, and there are often heavy rains. In midsummer, although it is hot and less hot, 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 sunshine is 2000-2500 hours throughout the year, and the shortest sunshine is in March. The annual rainfall 1300- 1800 mm, mostly concentrated in April-September. The annual average temperature 18℃-22℃, and the minimum temperature is above 0℃; The highest temperature is 35℃-38℃, which mostly occurs from mid-July to early August and is controlled by the Pacific subtropical high. There are occasional short-term frosts in winter.