Ideal weather days in Hong Kong
The best time to visit Hong Kong for warm, dry weather is October to March, with 23 to 26 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Hong Kong's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in October to March.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Hong Kong, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too wet98
- Too hot53
- Too cold19
- Too windy1
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Hong Kong averaged 208 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in Hong Kong, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain) are most common in October (up to 25 a month, 140 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in December, January and February (up to 25 a month, 104 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are wet (more than 1 mm of rain): 98 a year, mostly in June to September. Another 53 are too hot (over 33 °C), mostly in July and August. A day can fail more than one test.
Hong Kong weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 °C 70 °F | 3 | 0 | 23 of 31 |
| February | 22 °C 71 °F | 3 | 0 | 25 of 28 |
| March | 25 °C 76 °F | 6 | 0 | 25 of 31 |
| April | 28 °C 82 °F | 11 | 0 | 20 of 30 |
| May | 30 °C 85 °F | 10 | 0 | 19 of 31 |
| June | 33 °C 91 °F | 19 | 0 | 6 of 30 |
| July | 34 °C 92 °F | 16 | 0 | 3 of 31 |
| August | 33 °C 91 °F | 18 | 0 | 5 of 31 |
| September | 33 °C 91 °F | 13 | 0 | 9 of 30 |
| October | 30 °C 85 °F | 5 | 0 | 24 of 31 |
| November | 26 °C 79 °F | 4 | 0 | 26 of 30 |
| December | 23 °C 73 °F | 0 | 1 | 25 of 31 |
| Year | 107 | 1 | 208 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h. Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month. This station doesn't report cloud cover reliably, so clear days aren’t counted here.
Year by year
- 2023 217 warm, dry days
- 2024 197 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Hong Kong for good weather?
The best time to visit Hong Kong for warm, dry weather is October to March, with 23 to 26 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain) are most common in October (up to 25 a month, 140 a year). Counted from measured days at Ta Kwu Ling station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Hong Kong?
On average 107 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was June (19 rain days), the driest December (0).
How warm does Hong Kong get?
The median daily high ranged from 21 °C (70 °F) in January to 34 °C (92 °F) in July.
Nearby
- Guangzhou130 km, China154 days
- Hanoi870 km, Vietnam188 days
- Wuhan920 km, China142 days
- Da Nang940 km, Vietnam161 days
- Manila1120 km, Philippines152 days
- Cebu1690 km, Philippines188 days
Weather in other cities and countries
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Source: Ta Kwu Ling weather station (45032099999), 24 km from the centre of Hong Kong, 13 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 87% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.