Zibo climate

Name: Zibo
Address: CN

Zibo is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.8 °C. August is the wettest month (166 mm) and January the driest (8.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zibo averages 653 mm of rain, 143 days above 25 °C and 102 days below freezing.

China · population 3,129,228 · 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 -5.8 °C
Driest month January 9 mm
Wettest month August 166 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record January -19 °C

What to expectZibo through the year

Zibo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.2 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C, 102 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 166 mm against 9 mm in January — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.2 °C	9 mm	41 %
February	7.7 °C	14 mm	45 %
March	14.1 °C	19 mm	47 %
April	21.2 °C	35 mm	48 %
May	26.9 °C	57 mm	52 %
June	31.1 °C	74 mm	56 %
July	31.7 °C	156 mm	61 %
August	29.9 °C	166 mm	58 %
September	26.6 °C	56 mm	51 %
October	20.9 °C	29 mm	43 %
November	12.7 °C	26 mm	40 %
December	5.9 °C	11 mm	36 %

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	4.2 °C	-5.8 °C	-1.3 °C	17.5 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	30
February	7.7 °C	-3.1 °C	1.9 °C	22.6 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	23
March	14.1 °C	2.3 °C	7.9 °C	29.8 °C	-13.0 °C	1	0	10
April	21.2 °C	9.4 °C	15.0 °C	34.9 °C	-3.1 °C	8	1	1
May	26.9 °C	15.5 °C	20.9 °C	39.6 °C	5.4 °C	21	8	0
June	31.1 °C	20.4 °C	25.5 °C	40.4 °C	10.2 °C	28	20	0
July	31.7 °C	23.3 °C	27.2 °C	39.8 °C	15.0 °C	30	22	0
August	29.9 °C	21.8 °C	25.6 °C	36.7 °C	12.4 °C	29	16	0
September	26.6 °C	16.8 °C	21.4 °C	38.5 °C	6.2 °C	21	4	0
October	20.9 °C	10.2 °C	15.2 °C	34.3 °C	-2.3 °C	5	0	0
November	12.7 °C	2.3 °C	7.3 °C	24.8 °C	-15.0 °C	0	0	10
December	5.9 °C	-3.9 °C	0.6 °C	18.4 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	9.9 h/day	41 %	56 %	14 km/h
February	14 mm	3	11 h/day	45 %	55 %	15 km/h
March	19 mm	4	12 h/day	47 %	50 %	18 km/h
April	35 mm	6	13 h/day	48 %	50 %	19 km/h
May	57 mm	6	14 h/day	52 %	54 %	18 km/h
June	74 mm	8	15 h/day	56 %	59 %	16 km/h
July	156 mm	13	14 h/day	61 %	73 %	13 km/h
August	166 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	78 %	12 km/h
September	56 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	68 %	13 km/h
October	29 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	61 %	14 km/h
November	26 mm	4	10 h/day	40 %	62 %	15 km/h
December	11 mm	2	9.7 h/day	36 %	59 %	14 km/h

How Zibo 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
Zibo	32 °C	-5.8 °C	653 mm	143
Boshan · China	30 °C	-6.5 °C	708 mm	115
Linqu · China	31 °C	-5.7 °C	713 mm	134
Laiwu · China	30 °C	-5.6 °C	696 mm	130
Dongying · China	31 °C	-5.8 °C	608 mm	141
Weifang · China	31 °C	-5.3 °C	625 mm	140
Jinan · China	32 °C	-5.2 °C	607 mm	144

Where Zibo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	42nd of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zibo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zibo?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zibo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 71 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 -5.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 102 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zibo?

August, averaging 166 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 653 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 Zibo 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: 36.791°, 118.063° (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.