Abstract: Daily rainfall data from 41 meteorological stations in nine provinces of southern China from 1956 to 2015 were selected for analyzing the change of rainfall and rainfall erosivity. The results showed that the trend of annual rainfall increased while the number of annual wet days decreased, and erosive rainfall was the main pattern in the area. The frequency of severe rainfall events has increased in recent 60 years. Generally, high level annual rainfall erosivity existed in the southern part of the area, while low level annual rainfall erosivity existed in the northern area. The average of annual rainfall erosivity was 9 919.93 MJ·mm/(hm2·h·a), with the range from 3 477.30 MJ·mm/(hm2·h·a) to 24 878.65 MJ·mm/(hm2·h·a). The rainfall erosivity in the summer was more than those in other three seasons. The trend of annual rainfall erosivity increased in Hainan Province, Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi Province, but decreased in eastern Guangdong Province, western Guangxi Province and western Hubei Province. An increase in probability of severe soil erosion was inferred in the future.