Shangqiu climate

Name: Shangqiu
Address: CN

Shangqiu is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.8 °C. July is the wettest month (206 mm) and December the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shangqiu averages 788 mm of rain, 147 days above 25 °C and 78 days below freezing.

China · population 1,859,723 · 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 -3.8 °C
Driest month December 13 mm
Wettest month July 206 mm
Least cloud December 43 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record December -18 °C

What to expectShangqiu through the year

Shangqiu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.5 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 days a year reach 25 °C, 74 of them reach 30 °C, 78 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 206 mm against 13 mm in December — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.5 °C	14 mm	47 %
February	9.9 °C	19 mm	54 %
March	15.3 °C	33 mm	57 %
April	21.8 °C	43 mm	56 %
May	27.1 °C	62 mm	60 %
June	31.3 °C	99 mm	60 %
July	31.6 °C	206 mm	64 %
August	30.2 °C	151 mm	59 %
September	26.7 °C	79 mm	55 %
October	21.9 °C	38 mm	49 %
November	14.5 °C	31 mm	45 %
December	8.2 °C	13 mm	43 %

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	6.5 °C	-3.8 °C	1.2 °C	18.4 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	28
February	9.9 °C	-1.1 °C	4.4 °C	25.5 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	18
March	15.3 °C	4.2 °C	9.7 °C	30.6 °C	-7.0 °C	1	0	5
April	21.8 °C	10.7 °C	16.1 °C	35.7 °C	-1.8 °C	8	1	0
May	27.1 °C	16.4 °C	21.6 °C	38.0 °C	6.1 °C	22	8	0
June	31.3 °C	21.3 °C	26.2 °C	40.4 °C	12.5 °C	28	20	0
July	31.6 °C	23.9 °C	27.5 °C	39.6 °C	16.3 °C	30	22	0
August	30.2 °C	22.7 °C	26.2 °C	38.5 °C	12.4 °C	29	18	0
September	26.7 °C	17.8 °C	22.1 °C	34.8 °C	9.3 °C	22	4	0
October	21.9 °C	11.7 °C	16.6 °C	32.9 °C	1.4 °C	7	0	0
November	14.5 °C	4.3 °C	9.3 °C	27.1 °C	-16.8 °C	0	0	4
December	8.2 °C	-2.0 °C	2.9 °C	20.2 °C	-17.7 °C	0	0	23

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	3	10 h/day	47 %	62 %	13 km/h
February	19 mm	3	11 h/day	54 %	61 %	15 km/h
March	33 mm	5	12 h/day	57 %	60 %	17 km/h
April	43 mm	5	13 h/day	56 %	61 %	18 km/h
May	62 mm	6	14 h/day	60 %	61 %	17 km/h
June	99 mm	8	14 h/day	60 %	63 %	15 km/h
July	206 mm	13	14 h/day	64 %	77 %	14 km/h
August	151 mm	13	13 h/day	59 %	79 %	13 km/h
September	79 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	72 %	13 km/h
October	38 mm	5	11 h/day	49 %	64 %	14 km/h
November	31 mm	4	10 h/day	45 %	65 %	15 km/h
December	13 mm	3	9.9 h/day	43 %	64 %	14 km/h

How Shangqiu 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
Shangqiu	32 °C	-3.8 °C	788 mm	147
Bozhou · China	32 °C	-3.4 °C	860 mm	147
Heze · China	32 °C	-4.4 °C	707 mm	147
Peicheng · China	31 °C	-3.9 °C	837 mm	142

Where Shangqiu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	7thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in October	7thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	20thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	40thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shangqiu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shangqiu?

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 Shangqiu get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 74 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 -3.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 78 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shangqiu?

July, averaging 206 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 788 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 Shangqiu 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.