Putian's Climate
Putian is a coastal city in Fujian province, southeastern China, sitting on the Taiwan Strait, so it has a humid subtropical climate shaped by the monsoon and the sea. Summers (May–September) are hot and humid, with daytime highs usually 31–35°C, plenty of showers and thunderstorms, and a typhoon season that can bring tropical storms ashore from July to September. Winters (December–February) are mild and relatively dry, with daytime temperatures of about 12–17°C and rarely any hard cold. Spring and autumn are pleasantly cool; March and April bring drizzle, while October and November are dry and brightly sunny.