Best year time to visit Shanghai

General weather information about Shanghai

Average annual temperature is 17.2 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 36.8 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -6.7 °C

Number of sunny days: 159

Number of rainy days: 205

Number of snow days: 1

Average annual precipitation: 1326 mm

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* Weather data for Shanghai China is based on climate observations for 2023 year

Shanghai air temperature forecast for each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C) 21.2 21.1 26.4 30.7 35.7 34.8 36.8 34.7 32.1 27.1 28.2 23.2
Average daytime temperature (°C) 10 10.3 16.6 21.3 26 29.2 31.9 31.4 28.6 23.7 18.1 10.9
Average temperature (°C) 5.1 6.7 11.5 16.2 21.1 24.9 28.5 27.7 25.1 19.3 13.2 6.3
Average night temperature (°C) 0.5 3.8 7.7 12.2 17.2 21.5 25.9 24.9 22.4 15.6 9.1 2.1
Absolute minimum temperature (°C) -6.3 -0.8 0.2 6 10.3 17.4 24.5 20.5 18.9 11.4 1.7 -6.7

Shanghai monthly weather indicators

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h) 10.7 11.5 12.5 13.4 14 14.2 14.2 13.7 12.8 11.9 10.9 10.3
Daylight mean duration (h) 10.4 11.1 12 13 13.7 14.2 14 13.3 12.4 11.4 10.6 10.2
Daylight minimum duration (h) 10.2 10.7 11.5 12.5 13.4 14.1 13.7 12.8 11.9 11 10.3 10.1
Sunshine mean duration (h) 8.1 6.3 6.9 8.2 7.5 7 7.8 10.5 7.9 7.9 8 7.7
Precipitation (mm) 74 73 80 58 107 301 263 126 152 15 39 38
Sunny days 21 13 16 13 11 7 4 5 5 18 23 23
Rainy days 9 15 15 17 20 23 27 26 25 13 7 8
Snow days 1

Shanghai - weather forecast by months

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Best time to visit Shanghai:

The best time to visit Shanghai during the most sunny months:

  • August — 10.5(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Shanghai is at

  • June — 301(mm)
  • July — 263(mm)
  • September — 152(mm)

Weather forecast in the closest to Shanghai admin centers