Jinan climate

Name: Jinan
Address: CN

Jinan is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.2 °C. July is the wettest month (156 mm) and January the driest (5.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jinan averages 607 mm of rain, 144 days above 25 °C and 96 days below freezing.

China · population 4,335,989 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January -5.2 °C
Driest month January 6 mm
Wettest month July 156 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -16 °C

What to expectJinan through the year

Jinan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.6 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 144 days a year reach 25 °C, 72 of them reach 30 °C, 96 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 156 mm against 6 mm in January — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.6 °C	6 mm	40 %
February	8.2 °C	12 mm	45 %
March	14.5 °C	16 mm	47 %
April	21.4 °C	31 mm	47 %
May	26.9 °C	51 mm	52 %
June	31.4 °C	69 mm	56 %
July	31.8 °C	156 mm	60 %
August	30.0 °C	155 mm	56 %
September	26.5 °C	51 mm	51 %
October	20.9 °C	29 mm	43 %
November	12.8 °C	22 mm	39 %
December	6.1 °C	8 mm	36 %

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	4.6 °C	-5.2 °C	-0.7 °C	16.9 °C	-16.5 °C	0	0	30
February	8.2 °C	-2.5 °C	2.6 °C	21.4 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	22
March	14.5 °C	2.9 °C	8.6 °C	29.1 °C	-7.3 °C	1	0	8
April	21.4 °C	10.1 °C	15.6 °C	34.1 °C	-2.8 °C	7	1	0
May	26.9 °C	16.1 °C	21.3 °C	38.3 °C	4.9 °C	22	7	0
June	31.4 °C	21.2 °C	26.1 °C	40.5 °C	12.7 °C	28	21	0
July	31.8 °C	23.7 °C	27.5 °C	40.9 °C	17.4 °C	30	23	0
August	30.0 °C	22.2 °C	25.8 °C	37.2 °C	12.3 °C	29	17	0
September	26.5 °C	17.3 °C	21.6 °C	37.3 °C	7.0 °C	21	3	0
October	20.9 °C	10.7 °C	15.6 °C	32.8 °C	-2.3 °C	5	0	0
November	12.8 °C	2.8 °C	7.6 °C	24.3 °C	-15.0 °C	0	0	8
December	6.1 °C	-3.4 °C	1.1 °C	17.2 °C	-15.5 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	9.9 h/day	40 %	55 %	14 km/h
February	12 mm	3	11 h/day	45 %	54 %	16 km/h
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	51 %	19 km/h
April	31 mm	5	13 h/day	47 %	52 %	20 km/h
May	51 mm	6	14 h/day	52 %	56 %	18 km/h
June	69 mm	7	15 h/day	56 %	59 %	16 km/h
July	156 mm	13	14 h/day	60 %	74 %	14 km/h
August	155 mm	12	14 h/day	56 %	78 %	13 km/h
September	51 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	69 %	13 km/h
October	29 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	61 %	15 km/h
November	22 mm	4	10 h/day	39 %	63 %	15 km/h
December	8 mm	2	9.7 h/day	36 %	60 %	15 km/h

How Jinan 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
Jinan	32 °C	-5.2 °C	607 mm	144
Tai’an · China	31 °C	-5.0 °C	721 mm	134
Boshan · China	30 °C	-6.5 °C	708 mm	115
Laiwu · China	30 °C	-5.6 °C	696 mm	130
Liaocheng · China	32 °C	-5.3 °C	625 mm	147
Zibo · China	32 °C	-5.8 °C	653 mm	143
Dezhou · China	32 °C	-5.9 °C	584 mm	147

Where Jinan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	28th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	33rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	43rd of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jinan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jinan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, September 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 Jinan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 72 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 -5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 96 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jinan?

July, averaging 156 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 607 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 Jinan 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: 36.668°, 116.997° (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.