Yantai climate

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Yantai is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.6 °C. July is the wettest month (171 mm) and January the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yantai averages 656 mm of rain, 101 days above 25 °C and 84 days below freezing.

China · population 2,227,733 · 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 -3.6 °C
Driest month January 11 mm
Wettest month July 171 mm
Least cloud October 43 % cloud
Hottest on record May 38 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C
Warmest sea August 24 °C

What to expectYantai through the year

Yantai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.0 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 101 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C, 84 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 171 mm against 11 mm in January — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Yantai is warmest in August at 24 °C and coldest in February at 3.6 °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	2.0 °C	11 mm	55 %
February	4.2 °C	16 mm	49 %
March	9.5 °C	20 mm	44 %
April	16.5 °C	35 mm	46 %
May	22.4 °C	59 mm	50 %
June	26.7 °C	73 mm	57 %
July	28.7 °C	171 mm	62 %
August	28.2 °C	142 mm	58 %
September	24.5 °C	53 mm	49 %
October	18.7 °C	29 mm	43 %
November	11.3 °C	31 mm	47 %
December	4.4 °C	16 mm	54 %

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	2.0 °C	-3.6 °C	-1.0 °C	11.4 °C	-14.0 °C	0	0	29
February	4.2 °C	-2.6 °C	0.5 °C	17.4 °C	-11.6 °C	0	0	23
March	9.5 °C	1.7 °C	5.2 °C	26.3 °C	-9.5 °C	0	0	9
April	16.5 °C	8.0 °C	11.7 °C	32.2 °C	-1.6 °C	1	0	0
May	22.4 °C	14.0 °C	17.8 °C	38.2 °C	5.1 °C	9	1	0
June	26.7 °C	19.0 °C	22.4 °C	37.6 °C	13.1 °C	21	5	0
July	28.7 °C	22.9 °C	25.5 °C	36.4 °C	16.2 °C	28	11	0
August	28.2 °C	22.9 °C	25.3 °C	35.9 °C	16.6 °C	28	7	0
September	24.5 °C	18.4 °C	21.3 °C	32.5 °C	11.5 °C	13	1	0
October	18.7 °C	12.3 °C	15.2 °C	29.4 °C	1.6 °C	1	0	0
November	11.3 °C	5.2 °C	8.1 °C	23.9 °C	-3.1 °C	0	0	2
December	4.4 °C	-0.8 °C	1.7 °C	15.1 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	11 mm	2	9.9 h/day	55 %	65 %	19 km/h	5.0 °C
February	16 mm	3	11 h/day	49 %	64 %	19 km/h	3.6 °C
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	44 %	63 %	21 km/h	4.8 °C
April	35 mm	5	13 h/day	46 %	61 %	22 km/h	8.4 °C
May	59 mm	6	14 h/day	50 %	65 %	20 km/h	13.4 °C
June	73 mm	7	15 h/day	57 %	72 %	18 km/h	17.9 °C
July	171 mm	12	15 h/day	62 %	81 %	17 km/h	21.9 °C
August	142 mm	11	14 h/day	58 %	82 %	16 km/h	24.3 °C
September	53 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	74 %	16 km/h	23.1 °C
October	29 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	68 %	18 km/h	19.3 °C
November	31 mm	5	10 h/day	47 %	68 %	20 km/h	13.6 °C
December	16 mm	4	9.6 h/day	54 %	66 %	20 km/h	8.6 °C

How Yantai 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
Yantai	29 °C	-3.6 °C	656 mm	101
Weihai · China	27 °C	-1.8 °C	700 mm	67
Laixi · China	30 °C	-5.1 °C	711 mm	122
Laizhou · China	30 °C	-4.0 °C	629 mm	120
Pingdu · China	31 °C	-5.4 °C	711 mm	131
Dalian · China	27 °C	-4.8 °C	621 mm	54
Qingdao · China	27 °C	-1.9 °C	722 mm	65

Where Yantai ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	18th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	33rd of 50	88/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yantai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yantai?

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 Yantai get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 24 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 -3.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 84 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Yantai?

July, averaging 171 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 656 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 Yantai 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: 37.476°, 121.441° (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.