Pingdu climate

Name: Pingdu
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Pingdu is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.4 °C. July is the wettest month (188 mm) and January the driest (9.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pingdu averages 711 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 106 days below freezing.

China · population 542,234 · 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 -5.4 °C
Driest month January 9 mm
Wettest month July 188 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record January -17 °C

What to expectPingdu through the year

Pingdu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.4 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 52 of them reach 30 °C, 106 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 188 mm against 9 mm in January — 21 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	9 mm	46 %
February	6.4 °C	15 mm	46 %
March	12.6 °C	21 mm	46 %
April	19.7 °C	37 mm	48 %
May	25.4 °C	62 mm	53 %
June	29.5 °C	71 mm	59 %
July	30.6 °C	188 mm	65 %
August	29.4 °C	176 mm	60 %
September	26.0 °C	63 mm	51 %
October	20.2 °C	28 mm	43 %
November	12.3 °C	28 mm	43 %
December	5.3 °C	12 mm	42 %

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	-5.4 °C	-1.6 °C	13.7 °C	-16.9 °C	0	0	30
February	6.4 °C	-3.7 °C	0.8 °C	20.2 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	25
March	12.6 °C	0.9 °C	6.2 °C	27.7 °C	-7.9 °C	0	0	13
April	19.7 °C	7.7 °C	13.2 °C	33.8 °C	-4.0 °C	5	0	1
May	25.4 °C	13.6 °C	19.1 °C	39.1 °C	4.7 °C	18	4	0
June	29.5 °C	18.6 °C	23.6 °C	39.8 °C	10.0 °C	27	14	0
July	30.6 °C	22.5 °C	26.1 °C	39.0 °C	15.8 °C	30	19	0
August	29.4 °C	21.8 °C	25.3 °C	35.3 °C	13.3 °C	29	13	0
September	26.0 °C	16.8 °C	21.1 °C	34.9 °C	8.7 °C	20	2	0
October	20.2 °C	10.1 °C	14.7 °C	30.9 °C	-1.4 °C	3	0	0
November	12.3 °C	2.6 °C	7.2 °C	25.1 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	9
December	5.3 °C	-3.5 °C	0.5 °C	16.7 °C	-11.3 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	9.9 h/day	46 %	62 %	16 km/h
February	15 mm	3	11 h/day	46 %	61 %	17 km/h
March	21 mm	4	12 h/day	46 %	57 %	19 km/h
April	37 mm	5	13 h/day	48 %	56 %	20 km/h
May	62 mm	7	14 h/day	53 %	60 %	19 km/h
June	71 mm	7	15 h/day	59 %	67 %	17 km/h
July	188 mm	13	14 h/day	65 %	79 %	15 km/h
August	176 mm	13	14 h/day	60 %	81 %	14 km/h
September	63 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	72 %	14 km/h
October	28 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	66 %	16 km/h
November	28 mm	4	10 h/day	43 %	67 %	17 km/h
December	12 mm	2	9.7 h/day	42 %	65 %	16 km/h

How Pingdu 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
Pingdu	31 °C	-5.4 °C	711 mm	131
Laizhou · China	30 °C	-4.0 °C	629 mm	120
Gaomi · China	31 °C	-5.3 °C	688 mm	133
Laixi · China	30 °C	-5.1 °C	711 mm	122
Weifang · China	31 °C	-5.3 °C	625 mm	140
Qingdao · China	27 °C	-1.9 °C	722 mm	65
Zhu Cheng City · China	30 °C	-5.1 °C	727 mm	129

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pingdu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pingdu?

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 Pingdu get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 52 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 -5.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 106 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pingdu?

July, averaging 188 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 711 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 Pingdu 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: 36.784°, 119.946° (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.