The Climate

Panyu lies in the subtropical maritime monsoon area in South Asia, with neither sever cold winter nor sever hot summer, its annual average temperature is 22 degree Celsius, and the annual average rainfall is 1650 mini-meters, the annual average relative humidity is 79%, while the annually cumulative sunshine hour averages at 2000 hours.

The Population

Panyu hold a registered permanent population of 944.4 thousand according to the 2001 census with addition of 300 thousand overseas chinese and compatriots in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.