The climate in Hong Kong

Climate zone: tropics

In 8 months the average temperatures are over 25 degrees. Pleasant water temperatures of up to 28 degrees even invite you to take a bath in the warm season.

› Duration of daylight and sunshine in Hong Kong

Long-term development of temperatures from 1993 - 2020

In contrast to single record values, a long-term development cannot simply be brought about by all weather stations in the country. Both the number and the locations are constantly changing. A simply calculated average value would give a falsified result. If several measuring stations in particularly cold mountain or coastal regions are added in one year, the average would already decrease as a result of this alone. If a station fails during the summer or winter months, it does not provide any values and falsifies the average again. The subsequent long-term development was therefore reduced to only 1 measuring points in order to have actually comparable data over as long a period as possible.

In the years 1993 to 2020 there were only these 1 weather stations in the whole country, which reported continuous temperature values (Hongkong). From these weather reports we have created a long-term development that shows the monthly average temperatures. The hottest month in this entire period was 2020 with 29.8 °C. 2008 was the coldest month with an average temperature of 13.2 °C.

The average annual temperature was about 22.8 °C in the years after 1993 and about 23.7 °C in the last years before 2020. So in less than 28 years it has increased by about 0.9 °C. This trend only applies to the selected 1 weather stations in Hong Kong. A considerably more comprehensive evaluation of the global warming has been provided separately.




More detailed information on global warming with a view by continent can also be found on our topic page on climate change. Data basis: German Weather Service, individual values averaged and supplemented by own elements.