Shanghai, China climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Shanghai, China, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is July, averaging a high of 32°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of 2°C.
Shanghai is a provincial-level direct-administered municipality in China. It has a population of 30,050,000 in the urban area as of 2026, thus making it China's most populous city and more broadly the fifth-largest city in the world by population. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-09-08. Each reading placed on Shanghai, China's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Shanghai average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Shanghai, China, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is June (8 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 2°C | 3 mm |
| February | 10°C | 4°C | 3 mm |
| March | 13°C | 7°C | 3 mm |
| April | 19°C | 12°C | 3 mm |
| May | 24°C | 17°C | 5 mm |
| June | 27°C | 22°C | 8 mm |
| July | 32°C | 26°C | 5 mm |
| August | 31°C | 26°C | 5 mm |
| September | 27°C | 22°C | 5 mm |
| October | 23°C | 17°C | 3 mm |
| November | 17°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| December | 11°C | 4°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 40°C on 2013-08-08
- Coldest day on record: -9°C on 1980-02-05
Percentiles compare each day to Shanghai, China's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →