Nanqiao climate

Name: Nanqiao
Address: CN

Nanqiao is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.8 °C. June is the wettest month (274 mm) and December the driest (47 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nanqiao averages 1,315 mm of rain, 123 days above 25 °C and 21 days below freezing.

China · population 361,185 · 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 1.8 °C
Driest month December 47 mm
Wettest month June 274 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -7.7 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectNanqiao through the year

Nanqiao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.5 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 48 of them reach 30 °C, 21 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 274 mm against 47 mm in December — 5.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Nanqiao is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 7.4 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.5 °C	66 mm	59 %
February	10.0 °C	65 mm	62 %
March	13.6 °C	101 mm	66 %
April	18.8 °C	109 mm	67 %
May	23.6 °C	134 mm	68 %
June	26.7 °C	274 mm	80 %
July	30.8 °C	145 mm	68 %
August	30.6 °C	154 mm	60 %
September	26.9 °C	101 mm	57 %
October	22.5 °C	63 mm	51 %
November	17.2 °C	57 mm	53 %
December	11.0 °C	47 mm	50 %

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	8.5 °C	1.8 °C	5.1 °C	22.0 °C	-7.7 °C	0	0	10
February	10.0 °C	3.2 °C	6.5 °C	24.2 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	5
March	13.6 °C	6.9 °C	10.0 °C	26.5 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0	1
April	18.8 °C	12.0 °C	15.0 °C	29.8 °C	0.5 °C	2	0	0
May	23.6 °C	17.3 °C	20.1 °C	34.2 °C	8.5 °C	10	0	0
June	26.7 °C	21.6 °C	23.8 °C	35.3 °C	15.0 °C	21	4	0
July	30.8 °C	25.8 °C	27.9 °C	38.2 °C	18.5 °C	30	20	0
August	30.6 °C	25.8 °C	27.9 °C	39.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	19	0
September	26.9 °C	21.8 °C	24.1 °C	36.1 °C	13.6 °C	24	3	0
October	22.5 °C	16.4 °C	19.2 °C	30.0 °C	7.5 °C	5	0	0
November	17.2 °C	10.9 °C	13.8 °C	27.3 °C	-2.9 °C	0	0	0
December	11.0 °C	4.1 °C	7.5 °C	20.9 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	66 mm	9	10 h/day	59 %	74 %	18 km/h	8.4 °C
February	65 mm	9	11 h/day	62 %	75 %	18 km/h	7.4 °C
March	101 mm	12	12 h/day	66 %	76 %	20 km/h	9.6 °C
April	109 mm	10	13 h/day	67 %	77 %	20 km/h	13.6 °C
May	134 mm	10	14 h/day	68 %	79 %	19 km/h	18.7 °C
June	274 mm	15	14 h/day	80 %	84 %	18 km/h	22.6 °C
July	145 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	83 %	18 km/h	26.7 °C
August	154 mm	14	13 h/day	60 %	82 %	19 km/h	28.2 °C
September	101 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	79 %	18 km/h	26.0 °C
October	63 mm	6	11 h/day	51 %	75 %	17 km/h	22.0 °C
November	57 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	74 %	18 km/h	17.5 °C
December	47 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	72 %	18 km/h	12.5 °C

How Nanqiao 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
Nanqiao	31 °C	1.8 °C	1,315 mm	123
Fengxiang · China	30 °C	2.3 °C	1,310 mm	114
Songjiang · China	32 °C	0.8 °C	1,371 mm	136
Qibao · China	31 °C	1.1 °C	1,342 mm	129
Shanghai · China	31 °C	1.4 °C	1,317 mm	124
Qingpu · China	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,341 mm	136
Baoshan · China	31 °C	1.5 °C	1,286 mm	119

Where Nanqiao ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	50thof 50	84/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nanqiao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nanqiao?

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

How hot does Nanqiao get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 48 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 21 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Nanqiao?

June, averaging 274 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is December with 47 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,315 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 Nanqiao 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
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.