Laiwu climate

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Laiwu is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.6 °C. July is the wettest month (176 mm) and January the driest (8.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Laiwu averages 696 mm of rain, 130 days above 25 °C and 104 days below freezing.

China · population 989,535 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -5.6 °C
Driest month January 8 mm
Wettest month July 176 mm
Least cloud December 39 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -17 °C

What to expectLaiwu through the year

Laiwu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.8 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 130 days a year reach 25 °C, 51 of them reach 30 °C, 104 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 176 mm against 8 mm in January — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.8 °C	8 mm	43 %
February	7.2 °C	14 mm	48 %
March	13.3 °C	21 mm	50 %
April	20.1 °C	38 mm	50 %
May	25.6 °C	60 mm	55 %
June	29.6 °C	77 mm	59 %
July	30.4 °C	176 mm	65 %
August	29.1 °C	169 mm	62 %
September	25.4 °C	64 mm	54 %
October	19.7 °C	30 mm	45 %
November	11.8 °C	27 mm	42 %
December	5.2 °C	11 mm	39 %

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	3.8 °C	-5.6 °C	-1.2 °C	14.9 °C	-17.1 °C	0	0	30
February	7.2 °C	-3.0 °C	1.8 °C	21.8 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	24
March	13.3 °C	1.8 °C	7.3 °C	26.7 °C	-8.0 °C	0	0	11
April	20.1 °C	8.4 °C	14.1 °C	31.9 °C	-3.3 °C	5	0	0
May	25.6 °C	14.2 °C	19.8 °C	36.5 °C	5.6 °C	19	3	0
June	29.6 °C	19.1 °C	24.3 °C	37.7 °C	10.0 °C	27	15	0
July	30.4 °C	22.5 °C	26.2 °C	40.0 °C	15.4 °C	30	19	0
August	29.1 °C	21.4 °C	25.0 °C	35.0 °C	11.7 °C	29	12	0
September	25.4 °C	16.3 °C	20.6 °C	35.5 °C	8.0 °C	18	1	0
October	19.7 °C	9.8 °C	14.5 °C	31.3 °C	-1.9 °C	3	0	0
November	11.8 °C	2.1 °C	6.7 °C	23.5 °C	-11.9 °C	0	0	10
December	5.2 °C	-3.7 °C	0.4 °C	16.8 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	10.0 h/day	43 %	57 %	14 km/h
February	14 mm	3	11 h/day	48 %	57 %	16 km/h
March	21 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	56 %	18 km/h
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	50 %	57 %	19 km/h
May	60 mm	7	14 h/day	55 %	60 %	17 km/h
June	77 mm	8	15 h/day	59 %	65 %	15 km/h
July	176 mm	15	14 h/day	65 %	79 %	14 km/h
August	169 mm	14	14 h/day	62 %	80 %	13 km/h
September	64 mm	7	12 h/day	54 %	72 %	13 km/h
October	30 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	66 %	14 km/h
November	27 mm	4	10 h/day	42 %	67 %	15 km/h
December	11 mm	2	9.7 h/day	39 %	62 %	15 km/h

How Laiwu 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
Laiwu	30 °C	-5.6 °C	696 mm	130
Boshan · China	30 °C	-6.5 °C	708 mm	115
Tai’an · China	31 °C	-5.0 °C	721 mm	134
Zibo · China	32 °C	-5.8 °C	653 mm	143
Jinan · China	32 °C	-5.2 °C	607 mm	144
Linqu · China	31 °C	-5.7 °C	713 mm	134
Zoucheng · China	31 °C	-4.4 °C	801 mm	139

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Laiwu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Laiwu?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 51 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 104 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Laiwu?

July, averaging 176 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 696 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 Laiwu 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: 36.193°, 117.657° (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.