Qingdao climate

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Qingdao is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.9 °C. July is the wettest month (165 mm) and January the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qingdao averages 722 mm of rain, 65 days above 25 °C and 59 days below freezing.

China · population 7,172,451 · 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 August 27 °C
Coldest month January -1.9 °C
Driest month January 11 mm
Wettest month July 165 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record August 34 °C
Coldest on record January -13 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectQingdao through the year

Qingdao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.4 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 65 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 59 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 165 mm against 11 mm in January — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Qingdao is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 5.4 °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	3.4 °C	11 mm	46 %
February	4.8 °C	17 mm	47 %
March	8.4 °C	24 mm	48 %
April	13.3 °C	39 mm	50 %
May	18.3 °C	65 mm	55 %
June	22.1 °C	72 mm	60 %
July	26.0 °C	165 mm	63 %
August	27.3 °C	164 mm	58 %
September	24.3 °C	77 mm	50 %
October	19.2 °C	36 mm	43 %
November	12.4 °C	33 mm	43 %
December	5.9 °C	16 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	-1.9 °C	0.9 °C	10.3 °C	-12.8 °C	0	0	24
February	4.8 °C	-0.6 °C	2.2 °C	14.0 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	17
March	8.4 °C	3.3 °C	5.9 °C	22.2 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	4
April	13.3 °C	8.6 °C	10.8 °C	26.2 °C	0.9 °C	0	0	0
May	18.3 °C	14.0 °C	16.0 °C	29.2 °C	6.5 °C	1	0	0
June	22.1 °C	18.9 °C	20.4 °C	30.2 °C	13.2 °C	3	0	0
July	26.0 °C	23.2 °C	24.5 °C	33.3 °C	17.8 °C	21	1	0
August	27.3 °C	23.9 °C	25.6 °C	33.7 °C	17.1 °C	29	2	0
September	24.3 °C	20.0 °C	22.2 °C	30.5 °C	12.4 °C	11	0	0
October	19.2 °C	14.4 °C	16.8 °C	27.5 °C	4.0 °C	0	0	0
November	12.4 °C	7.3 °C	10.1 °C	21.0 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	1
December	5.9 °C	0.8 °C	3.5 °C	15.1 °C	-9.9 °C	0	0	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	11 mm	2	10.0 h/day	46 %	65 %	22 km/h	6.9 °C
February	17 mm	3	11 h/day	47 %	68 %	22 km/h	5.4 °C
March	24 mm	4	12 h/day	48 %	71 %	24 km/h	6.2 °C
April	39 mm	5	13 h/day	50 %	73 %	24 km/h	9.1 °C
May	65 mm	7	14 h/day	55 %	78 %	23 km/h	13.9 °C
June	72 mm	6	15 h/day	60 %	86 %	21 km/h	19.0 °C
July	165 mm	11	14 h/day	63 %	89 %	20 km/h	23.6 °C
August	164 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	84 %	19 km/h	26.1 °C
September	77 mm	6	12 h/day	50 %	74 %	19 km/h	24.3 °C
October	36 mm	5	11 h/day	43 %	67 %	21 km/h	21.0 °C
November	33 mm	4	10 h/day	43 %	66 %	23 km/h	16.4 °C
December	16 mm	3	9.7 h/day	42 %	64 %	24 km/h	11.1 °C

How Qingdao 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
Qingdao	27 °C	-1.9 °C	722 mm	65
Gaomi · China	31 °C	-5.3 °C	688 mm	133
Zhu Cheng City · China	30 °C	-5.1 °C	727 mm	129
Pingdu · China	31 °C	-5.4 °C	711 mm	131
Laixi · China	30 °C	-5.1 °C	711 mm	122
Rizhao · China	28 °C	-2.5 °C	824 mm	85
Laizhou · China	30 °C	-4.0 °C	629 mm	120

Where Qingdao ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in May	25th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in June	26th of 50	22 °C
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	29th of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Qingdao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qingdao?

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

How hot does Qingdao get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 59 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qingdao?

July, averaging 165 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 722 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 Qingdao 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: 36.065°, 120.380° (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.