Shaoxing climate

Name: Shaoxing
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Shaoxing is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.3 °C. June is the wettest month (314 mm) and December the driest (62 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shaoxing averages 1,573 mm of rain, 149 days above 25 °C and 25 days below freezing.

China · population 2,300,000 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 1.3 °C
Driest month December 62 mm
Wettest month June 314 mm
Least cloud December 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 43 °C
Coldest on record December -12 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectShaoxing through the year

Shaoxing has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 149 days a year reach 25 °C, 77 of them reach 30 °C, 25 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 314 mm against 62 mm in December — 5.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Shaoxing is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in February at 7.3 °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	9.0 °C	84 mm	61 %
February	11.4 °C	79 mm	63 %
March	15.7 °C	126 mm	69 %
April	21.6 °C	140 mm	70 %
May	26.2 °C	171 mm	70 %
June	28.7 °C	314 mm	81 %
July	33.3 °C	178 mm	70 %
August	32.7 °C	167 mm	63 %
September	28.1 °C	115 mm	61 %
October	23.3 °C	66 mm	53 %
November	17.7 °C	70 mm	55 %
December	11.4 °C	62 mm	50 %

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	9.0 °C	1.3 °C	5.1 °C	24.3 °C	-10.9 °C	0	0	11
February	11.4 °C	3.0 °C	7.1 °C	27.3 °C	-5.7 °C	0	0	6
March	15.7 °C	7.0 °C	11.1 °C	31.2 °C	-5.3 °C	2	0	1
April	21.6 °C	12.5 °C	16.7 °C	33.1 °C	1.8 °C	8	1	0
May	26.2 °C	17.5 °C	21.6 °C	37.3 °C	7.6 °C	20	5	0
June	28.7 °C	21.7 °C	24.9 °C	37.8 °C	14.0 °C	25	12	0
July	33.3 °C	25.7 °C	29.1 °C	41.5 °C	17.8 °C	30	25	0
August	32.7 °C	25.4 °C	28.6 °C	42.5 °C	17.2 °C	31	24	0
September	28.1 °C	21.1 °C	24.3 °C	39.2 °C	12.4 °C	24	9	0
October	23.3 °C	15.4 °C	19.1 °C	34.3 °C	4.5 °C	9	1	0
November	17.7 °C	9.6 °C	13.4 °C	31.0 °C	-3.2 °C	2	0	0
December	11.4 °C	3.1 °C	7.2 °C	23.6 °C	-11.6 °C	0	0	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	84 mm	10	10 h/day	61 %	77 %	13 km/h	8.4 °C
February	79 mm	10	11 h/day	63 %	76 %	13 km/h	7.3 °C
March	126 mm	14	12 h/day	69 %	76 %	14 km/h	9.7 °C
April	140 mm	13	13 h/day	70 %	75 %	14 km/h	13.8 °C
May	171 mm	13	14 h/day	70 %	76 %	13 km/h	19.3 °C
June	314 mm	17	14 h/day	81 %	82 %	13 km/h	23.6 °C
July	178 mm	14	14 h/day	70 %	76 %	13 km/h	27.1 °C
August	167 mm	16	13 h/day	63 %	77 %	14 km/h	28.5 °C
September	115 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	79 %	14 km/h	26.3 °C
October	66 mm	7	11 h/day	53 %	76 %	13 km/h	22.0 °C
November	70 mm	8	11 h/day	55 %	76 %	12 km/h	17.3 °C
December	62 mm	7	10 h/day	50 %	76 %	13 km/h	12.3 °C

How Shaoxing 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
Shaoxing	33 °C	1.3 °C	1,573 mm	149
Shangyu · China	33 °C	1.3 °C	1,550 mm	147
Hangzhou · China	33 °C	0.9 °C	1,477 mm	144
Cixi · China	32 °C	2.2 °C	1,426 mm	137
Jiaxing · China	32 °C	0.9 °C	1,458 mm	136
Puyang · China	33 °C	2.3 °C	1,611 mm	155
Yiwu · China	33 °C	1.8 °C	1,479 mm	154

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shaoxing’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shaoxing?

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, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Shaoxing get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 77 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 25 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shaoxing?

June, averaging 314 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 62 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,573 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 Shaoxing 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.