Dongying climate

Name: Dongying
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Dongying is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.8 °C. July is the wettest month (158 mm) and January the driest (6.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dongying averages 608 mm of rain, 141 days above 25 °C and 103 days below freezing.

China · population 998,968 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January -5.8 °C
Driest month January 6 mm
Wettest month July 158 mm
Least cloud December 35 % cloud
Hottest on record June 41 °C
Coldest on record January -18 °C

What to expectDongying through the year

Dongying has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.4 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 141 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 103 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 158 mm against 6 mm in January — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.4 °C	6 mm	39 %
February	6.7 °C	13 mm	43 %
March	13.4 °C	16 mm	44 %
April	20.9 °C	29 mm	46 %
May	26.7 °C	51 mm	50 %
June	30.6 °C	75 mm	55 %
July	31.4 °C	158 mm	59 %
August	29.9 °C	154 mm	56 %
September	26.4 °C	50 mm	49 %
October	20.6 °C	28 mm	41 %
November	12.4 °C	21 mm	39 %
December	5.3 °C	8 mm	35 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.4 °C	-5.8 °C	-1.8 °C	16.3 °C	-18.5 °C	0	0	31
February	6.7 °C	-3.7 °C	1.0 °C	21.7 °C	-15.9 °C	0	0	25
March	13.4 °C	1.8 °C	7.2 °C	30.4 °C	-8.8 °C	1	0	11
April	20.9 °C	9.1 °C	14.5 °C	36.4 °C	-2.0 °C	7	1	0
May	26.7 °C	15.1 °C	20.6 °C	39.1 °C	6.1 °C	20	8	0
June	30.6 °C	20.2 °C	25.1 °C	41.2 °C	10.9 °C	28	17	0
July	31.4 °C	23.5 °C	27.2 °C	39.7 °C	16.7 °C	31	21	0
August	29.9 °C	22.5 °C	25.9 °C	36.4 °C	14.2 °C	30	15	0
September	26.4 °C	17.4 °C	21.6 °C	37.2 °C	8.6 °C	20	4	0
October	20.6 °C	10.7 °C	15.2 °C	32.8 °C	-0.7 °C	4	0	0
November	12.4 °C	2.6 °C	7.2 °C	25.1 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	8
December	5.3 °C	-3.7 °C	0.3 °C	17.8 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	9.9 h/day	39 %	58 %	17 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	43 %	57 %	19 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	52 %	22 km/h
April	29 mm	5	13 h/day	46 %	50 %	23 km/h
May	51 mm	6	14 h/day	50 %	54 %	21 km/h
June	75 mm	7	15 h/day	55 %	62 %	19 km/h
July	158 mm	11	15 h/day	59 %	75 %	16 km/h
August	154 mm	11	14 h/day	56 %	78 %	15 km/h
September	50 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	69 %	16 km/h
October	28 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	63 %	18 km/h
November	21 mm	3	10 h/day	39 %	64 %	18 km/h
December	8 mm	2	9.6 h/day	35 %	61 %	18 km/h

How Dongying compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Dongying	31 °C	-5.8 °C	608 mm	141
Zibo · China	32 °C	-5.8 °C	653 mm	143
Weifang · China	31 °C	-5.3 °C	625 mm	140
Linqu · China	31 °C	-5.7 °C	713 mm	134
Boshan · China	30 °C	-6.5 °C	708 mm	115
Laizhou · China	30 °C	-4.0 °C	629 mm	120

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dongying.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dongying’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dongying?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Dongying get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 66 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 103 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Dongying?

July, averaging 158 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 608 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dongying rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 37.463°, 118.492° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.