Shangrao climate

Name: Shangrao
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Shangrao is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.1 °C. June is the wettest month (366 mm) and October the driest (56 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shangrao averages 1,793 mm of rain, 171 days above 25 °C and 15 days below freezing.

China · population 1,116,486 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 3.1 °C
Driest month October 56 mm
Wettest month June 366 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record December -20 °C

What to expectShangrao through the year

Shangrao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 171 days a year reach 25 °C, 93 of them reach 30 °C, 15 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 366 mm against 56 mm in October — 6.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.2 °C	84 mm	62 %
February	13.8 °C	98 mm	65 %
March	17.2 °C	184 mm	72 %
April	22.9 °C	226 mm	73 %
May	27.0 °C	254 mm	72 %
June	29.3 °C	366 mm	82 %
July	33.1 °C	160 mm	70 %
August	33.3 °C	132 mm	63 %
September	30.0 °C	80 mm	54 %
October	25.3 °C	56 mm	46 %
November	19.4 °C	88 mm	50 %
December	13.4 °C	66 mm	48 %

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	11.2 °C	3.1 °C	7.1 °C	26.7 °C	-6.6 °C	0	0	7
February	13.8 °C	5.0 °C	9.4 °C	27.3 °C	-5.2 °C	1	0	3
March	17.2 °C	9.0 °C	13.0 °C	31.8 °C	-4.0 °C	2	0	0
April	22.9 °C	14.5 °C	18.4 °C	32.4 °C	2.0 °C	11	1	0
May	27.0 °C	19.1 °C	22.8 °C	34.8 °C	8.9 °C	22	7	0
June	29.3 °C	22.5 °C	25.6 °C	35.0 °C	14.9 °C	26	14	0
July	33.1 °C	25.6 °C	29.1 °C	39.1 °C	17.3 °C	30	27	0
August	33.3 °C	25.5 °C	29.0 °C	40.6 °C	16.5 °C	31	26	0
September	30.0 °C	21.8 °C	25.6 °C	38.9 °C	13.5 °C	27	15	0
October	25.3 °C	16.4 °C	20.6 °C	37.9 °C	5.6 °C	17	3	0
November	19.4 °C	10.6 °C	14.7 °C	32.0 °C	-0.2 °C	4	0	0
December	13.4 °C	4.3 °C	8.7 °C	24.4 °C	-20.1 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	84 mm	11	11 h/day	62 %	75 %	11 km/h
February	98 mm	12	11 h/day	65 %	76 %	11 km/h
March	184 mm	17	12 h/day	72 %	78 %	11 km/h
April	226 mm	16	13 h/day	73 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	254 mm	17	14 h/day	72 %	79 %	10 km/h
June	366 mm	18	14 h/day	82 %	83 %	10 km/h
July	160 mm	12	14 h/day	70 %	77 %	10 km/h
August	132 mm	14	13 h/day	63 %	75 %	11 km/h
September	80 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	72 %	11 km/h
October	56 mm	6	12 h/day	46 %	68 %	11 km/h
November	88 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	72 %	11 km/h
December	66 mm	8	10 h/day	48 %	72 %	10 km/h

How Shangrao 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
Shangrao	33 °C	3.1 °C	1,793 mm	171
Yingtan · China	33 °C	3.2 °C	1,966 mm	174
Quzhou · China	33 °C	2.1 °C	1,751 mm	157
Jingdezhen · China	33 °C	2.0 °C	2,184 mm	164
Huangshan · China	32 °C	1.2 °C	1,855 mm	145
Fuzhou · China	33 °C	3.0 °C	1,865 mm	172
Jinhua · China	33 °C	2.4 °C	1,687 mm	160

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shangrao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shangrao?

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

How hot does Shangrao get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 93 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 3.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 15 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shangrao?

June, averaging 366 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is October with 56 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,793 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 Shangrao 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: 28.452°, 117.943° (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.