Climate of Shanghai, China

Cfa

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Cfa — Temperate, no dry season, hot summer.

Shanghai has a mean annual temperature of 16.8 °C and receives 1293 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 28.2 °C, while January is the coldest month at 4.8 °C. Most precipitation falls in June (207 mm); the driest month is December (57 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Shanghai: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 60 120 70 140 80 160 90 180 100 200 110 220 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January4.867.2
February6.368.1
March10.185.9
April15.290.7
May20.3100.7
June24.0207.2
July28.2154.7
August28.0188.6
September24.3139.9
October19.269.3
November13.663.5
December7.257.0
Year16.81292.9

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (31.23°, 121.47°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.