Shenyang climate

Name: Shenyang
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Shenyang is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -17 °C. July is the wettest month (191 mm) and January the driest (6.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shenyang averages 795 mm of rain, 101 days above 25 °C and 150 days below freezing.

China · population 7,050,000 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -17 °C
Driest month January 6 mm
Wettest month July 191 mm
Least cloud January 29 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record January -37 °C

What to expectShenyang through the year

Shenyang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.6 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 36 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 101 days a year reach 25 °C, 26 of them reach 30 °C, 150 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 191 mm against 6 mm in January — 30 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.6 °C	6 mm	29 %
February	-0.2 °C	10 mm	33 %
March	7.7 °C	22 mm	40 %
April	16.4 °C	46 mm	48 %
May	23.4 °C	64 mm	51 %
June	27.5 °C	109 mm	60 %
July	29.0 °C	191 mm	63 %
August	27.9 °C	189 mm	58 %
September	23.4 °C	66 mm	43 %
October	15.5 °C	48 mm	35 %
November	5.0 °C	29 mm	35 %
December	-2.9 °C	13 mm	32 %

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	-5.6 °C	-16.6 °C	-11.1 °C	7.0 °C	-37.3 °C	0	0	31
February	-0.2 °C	-11.5 °C	-5.9 °C	16.8 °C	-30.1 °C	0	0	28
March	7.7 °C	-3.8 °C	1.6 °C	22.7 °C	-16.9 °C	0	0	26
April	16.4 °C	4.2 °C	10.0 °C	29.4 °C	-10.7 °C	1	0	6
May	23.4 °C	11.6 °C	17.3 °C	36.2 °C	1.7 °C	11	2	0
June	27.5 °C	17.3 °C	22.2 °C	37.5 °C	7.8 °C	22	7	0
July	29.0 °C	20.9 °C	24.7 °C	36.6 °C	13.5 °C	29	10	0
August	27.9 °C	19.7 °C	23.6 °C	38.1 °C	8.3 °C	27	6	0
September	23.4 °C	13.4 °C	18.1 °C	31.4 °C	1.3 °C	11	0	0
October	15.5 °C	5.0 °C	10.0 °C	28.3 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	5
November	5.0 °C	-4.5 °C	0.1 °C	20.0 °C	-25.6 °C	0	0	24
December	-2.9 °C	-12.7 °C	-7.8 °C	10.2 °C	-28.2 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	2	9.5 h/day	29 %	56 %	16 km/h
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	33 %	50 %	19 km/h
March	22 mm	4	12 h/day	40 %	48 %	22 km/h
April	46 mm	6	13 h/day	48 %	52 %	24 km/h
May	64 mm	8	15 h/day	51 %	55 %	23 km/h
June	109 mm	11	15 h/day	60 %	66 %	19 km/h
July	191 mm	14	15 h/day	63 %	76 %	17 km/h
August	189 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	78 %	16 km/h
September	66 mm	7	13 h/day	43 %	69 %	17 km/h
October	48 mm	6	11 h/day	35 %	64 %	20 km/h
November	29 mm	5	9.8 h/day	35 %	61 %	20 km/h
December	13 mm	3	9.2 h/day	32 %	56 %	17 km/h

How Shenyang 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
Shenyang	29 °C	-17 °C	795 mm	101
Fushun · China	29 °C	-17 °C	872 mm	94
Benxi · China	28 °C	-17 °C	873 mm	81
Tieling · China	29 °C	-17 °C	782 mm	94
Anshan · China	29 °C	-14 °C	721 mm	102
Haicheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	676 mm	103
Panjin · China	29 °C	-13 °C	674 mm	105

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shenyang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shenyang?

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 Shenyang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 26 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -17 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 150 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shenyang?

July, averaging 191 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is January with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 795 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 Shenyang 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: 41.792°, 123.433° (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.