Ningbo climate

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Ningbo is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.4 °C. June is the wettest month (288 mm) and December the driest (72 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ningbo averages 1,586 mm of rain, 134 days above 25 °C and 16 days below freezing.

China · population 3,731,203 · 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 2.4 °C
Driest month December 72 mm
Wettest month June 288 mm
Least cloud December 53 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -6.7 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectNingbo through the year

Ningbo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.1 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 134 days a year reach 25 °C, 62 of them reach 30 °C, 16 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 288 mm against 72 mm in December — 4.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ningbo is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 7.7 °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	9.1 °C	85 mm	62 %
February	10.9 °C	79 mm	63 %
March	14.6 °C	125 mm	68 %
April	20.2 °C	129 mm	69 %
May	24.7 °C	158 mm	71 %
June	27.7 °C	288 mm	83 %
July	32.2 °C	153 mm	69 %
August	31.5 °C	178 mm	61 %
September	27.2 °C	154 mm	61 %
October	22.6 °C	86 mm	54 %
November	17.6 °C	78 mm	57 %
December	11.6 °C	72 mm	53 %

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	9.1 °C	2.4 °C	5.7 °C	24.5 °C	-5.7 °C	0	0	8
February	10.9 °C	3.6 °C	7.1 °C	28.0 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	4
March	14.6 °C	7.1 °C	10.6 °C	30.9 °C	-1.7 °C	1	0	0
April	20.2 °C	12.1 °C	15.7 °C	33.3 °C	2.3 °C	5	0	0
May	24.7 °C	17.2 °C	20.5 °C	36.1 °C	7.9 °C	15	2	0
June	27.7 °C	21.6 °C	24.2 °C	36.4 °C	14.8 °C	22	8	0
July	32.2 °C	25.5 °C	28.4 °C	40.1 °C	18.7 °C	30	24	0
August	31.5 °C	25.4 °C	27.9 °C	41.0 °C	18.6 °C	31	22	0
September	27.2 °C	21.7 °C	24.2 °C	37.7 °C	13.9 °C	23	5	0
October	22.6 °C	16.4 °C	19.3 °C	31.6 °C	7.0 °C	6	0	0
November	17.6 °C	11.0 °C	14.1 °C	29.4 °C	-0.3 °C	1	0	0
December	11.6 °C	4.6 °C	8.0 °C	23.6 °C	-6.7 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	85 mm	11	10 h/day	62 %	77 %	17 km/h	8.8 °C
February	79 mm	10	11 h/day	63 %	77 %	17 km/h	7.7 °C
March	125 mm	13	12 h/day	68 %	78 %	18 km/h	9.6 °C
April	129 mm	13	13 h/day	69 %	78 %	18 km/h	13.2 °C
May	158 mm	12	14 h/day	71 %	81 %	17 km/h	18.2 °C
June	288 mm	17	14 h/day	83 %	86 %	15 km/h	22.4 °C
July	153 mm	14	14 h/day	69 %	81 %	17 km/h	26.2 °C
August	178 mm	16	13 h/day	61 %	82 %	18 km/h	27.9 °C
September	154 mm	13	12 h/day	61 %	81 %	17 km/h	26.2 °C
October	86 mm	8	11 h/day	54 %	77 %	17 km/h	22.5 °C
November	78 mm	9	11 h/day	57 %	77 %	17 km/h	18.2 °C
December	72 mm	8	10 h/day	53 %	75 %	17 km/h	13.0 °C

How Ningbo 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
Ningbo	32 °C	2.4 °C	1,586 mm	134
Cixi · China	32 °C	2.2 °C	1,426 mm	137
Zhoushan · China	29 °C	5.6 °C	1,339 mm	97
Shangyu · China	33 °C	1.3 °C	1,550 mm	147
Shaoxing · China	33 °C	1.3 °C	1,573 mm	149
Fengxiang · China	30 °C	2.3 °C	1,310 mm	114
Nanqiao · China	31 °C	1.8 °C	1,315 mm	123

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ningbo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ningbo?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ningbo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 62 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 2.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 16 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ningbo?

June, averaging 288 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 72 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,586 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 Ningbo 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.