With a hot and humid climate, Pingtan county has short but warm winters and long but cool summers with rare frosts and snows. It has an annual average temperature of 19.6 ℃, with the lowest average daily temperature of 10.2 ℃ and highest of 27.9 ℃. Pingtan has clear-cut drought and rain seasons, with years of average sunshine of 1,919.7 hours and an annual precipitation of 1,172 mm.