Jiangsu, China
Nanjing
Nanjing is a major city in Jiangsu, China. It has a population of about 9,314,685 (2020). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now16°C
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Population9.31M
Local time22:27
32.06° N, 118.78° EElevation 22 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
Postal code210000October: high / low22° / 14°
Rain this month67mm
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Best: Apr · Oct–Nov. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Nanjing at a glance
Sunrise · sunset06:14 · 17:2611 h 13 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 15:31Next holiday1 JanuaryNew Year's DayNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitApr · Oct–Nov
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month31°C
Average high in July
Coolest month-2°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
229 mm of rain
Driest monthDecember
32 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 2.3 km
How Nanjing has grown
People living in the built-up area (1,012 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+266%2.2M in 1975 → 8.06M in 2025Weather in Nanjing
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
16°C
Today hour by hourCloudy · wind 12 km/h · humidity 70%
Today22 Oct19°13°
Fri23 Oct22°13°
Sat24 Oct21°15°1.4 mm
Sun25 Oct23°18°
Mon26 Oct24°18°
Tue27 Oct20°13°
Wed28 Oct19°12°
Thu29 Oct21°15°
Fri30 Oct24°14°1 mm
Sat31 Oct19°14°
When to go to Nanjing
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 37 | 32 | 53 | 71 | 69 | 48 | 31 | 38 | 66 | 81 | 70 | 42 |
| High | 7° | 10° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 10° |
| Low | -2° | 0° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 7° | 1° |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 59 | 87 | 84 | 93 | 178 | 229 | 160 | 78 | 67 | 62 | 32 |
| Wet days | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
What's on in Nanjing
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Monuments and museums in Nanjing
1.5 km
Former Jinling Women's University
2.3 km
Presidential Palace of Nanjing
1 km
Former Highest Court in Nanjing
1 km
John Rabe House
2 km
Jiangsu Art Gallery
0.7 km
Beiji GeMuseum1.8 km
Deji Art Museum
Museum1.2 km
Nanjing Museum of PalaeontologyMore museums: Mass Grave Site · Sifang Art Museum · 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆史料陈列厅 · Meditation Hall · Nanjing Yunjin Museum · Nanjing Paleontological Museum · 南京地质博物馆 · Nanjing Museum of the City Hall · 南京大报恩寺遗址博物馆 · 南京市博物馆 · 南京市民俗博物馆 · 南京市雨花石博物馆
Outdoors around Nanjing
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Yihe Road Historic Cultural DistrictTheme parks
1.6 kmDyno ClimbingClimbing
1.9 km佛塔Viewpoints
2.3 kmNanjing Seabed WorldAquariums
2.9 km琵琶湖Mountain huts
4 km红山森林动物园Zoos
4 kmNature around Nanjing
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of China seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Nanjing
Earthquakes around Nanjing
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 19502magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record18within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
5.5Liyang 23 km ←1979 · 81 km
5.5Hutang 33 km ←1974 · 59 km
Tropical storms · Nanjing
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 2 · 0 km
Neogene · 2
Mammoths and mastodons · 2Tetralophodon, Mammut
Universities and research institutes
Nanjing Agricultural UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Nanjing Forestry UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Nanjing Normal UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Nanjing Tech UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Nanjing UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Southeast UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1902
Nanjing University of the ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1912
Hohai UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1915
Nanjing Xiaozhuang UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1927
Nanjing Medical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1934
China Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1936
Nanjing Forest Police CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1941
Nanjing Institute of Railway TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1941
Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsUniversity or college · founded 1942
Jiangsu Police Officer CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1949
国际教育交流与服务中心University or college · founded 1951
Jiangsu Second Normal UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1952
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsUniversity or college · founded 1952
Jiangsu Provincial Party SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1953
Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1953
Nanjing Vocational College of Information TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1953
Nanjing Vocational Institute of Transport TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1953
Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineUniversity or college · founded 1954
Nanjing Sport InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1956
Nanjing Polytechnic InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1958
Nanjing Staff and Workers UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1958
Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1960
Nanjing Foreign Language SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1963
Jiangsu Open UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1979
Air Force First Staff and Workers UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1980
Jiangsu Health Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1981
Nanjing Normal University of Special EducationUniversity or college · founded 1982
Nanjing Audit UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1983
Jiangsu Justice Police CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1985
Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American StudiesUniversity or college · founded 1986
Jiangsu Youth Management Cadre CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1987
Sanjiang UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
Nanjing University Jinling CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1998
Pujiang InstituteUniversity or college · founded 1998
Southeast University Chengxian CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1998
Zhengde PolytechnicUniversity or college · founded 1998
Zhongshan Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1998
Jincheng College of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanhang Jincheng CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1999
Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Hongshan CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1999
Nanjing University of Science and Technology ZiJin CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1999
PLA Army Engineering UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1999
Tianping College of Suzhou University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1999
Jinken College of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2000
Nanjing Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2000
Nanjing Institute of Visual ArtsUniversity or college · founded 2000
Nanjing Institute of Tourism and HospitalityUniversity or college · founded 2001
Nanjing Audit University Jinshen CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2002
Jiangsu Union Technical InstituteUniversity or college · founded 2003
Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity or college · founded 2003
Yingtian Vocational and Technical CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2003
Communication University of China, NanjingUniversity or college · founded 2004
Jiangsu City Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2006
Nanjing City Vocational CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2006
Nanjing Institute of Mechatronic TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 2006
Army Command CollegeUniversity or college
Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of SciencesUniversity or college
Jiangsu Provincial Authorities Management Cadre CollegeUniversity or college
Nanjing University of Industry TechnologyResearch institute · founded 1918
Purple Mountain ObservatoryResearch institute · founded 1928
Nanjing Hydraulic Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1935
Nanjing Institute of Geography and LimnologyResearch institute · founded 1940
Nanjing Institute of Geology and PaleontologyResearch institute · founded 1951
Institute of Soil ScienceResearch institute · founded 1953
Nanjing Architecture Design and Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 1956
Nanjing Institute of Agricultural MechanizationResearch institute · founded 1957
Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest ProductsResearch institute · founded 1960
MCC Huatian Engineering and Technology CorporationResearch institute · founded 1962
Nanjing Institute of Vegetable ScienceResearch institute · founded 1962
The 28th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group CorporationResearch institute · founded 1964
NARI Group (China)Research institute · founded 1973
Jiangsu Institute of Meteorological SciencesResearch institute · founded 1978
Jiangsu Provincial Urban Planning and Design InstituteResearch institute · founded 1978
Nanjing Institute of Environmental SciencesResearch institute · founded 1978
Jiangsu Provincial Family Planning Institute of Science and TechnologyResearch institute · founded 1981
Nanjing Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection InstituteResearch institute · founded 1981
Towns and villages around Nanjing
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Foxinqiao3.5 kmWulaocun3.5 kmHongshancun3.5 kmXiaoshi4 kmHepingmen4.3 kmXiwang4.3 kmXiangfang Xincun4.3 kmJiangwangmiao5.1 kmAnhuaicun5.3 kmMuxuyuan5.4 kmZhuantang5.4 kmZhouwei5.4 kmShimenkan5.5 kmSuojiecun5.5 kmZhoutaicun5.8 kmMufushan5.9 kmTengzicun6 kmShimenjian6.1 kmBaotaqiao6.3 kmShangyuanmen6.5 kmShangxinhe6.6 kmZhengjiazhuang6.7 kmTiejiangying6.8 kmXinglongcun6.8 kmMaigaoqiaocun6.8 kmHonghuacun6.8 kmAndemen6.8 kmQiqiaocun7.1 kmXiaozhuangcun7.1 kmHebeicun7.1 kmXiaoweijie7.2 kmDalishu7.3 kmHongguang7.4 kmXinhuajie7.5 kmShipomiao7.5 kmHenancun7.5 kmXiaoxing7.6 kmShazhou7.7 kmXingwei7.7 kmDajiangbian7.8 kmYuhua7.8 kmDingqiangcun7.9 kmXiaolingwei7.9 kmXingweicun7.9 kmLuosiqiao8.2 kmDaxin8.3 kmQingshi8.5 kmWanshoucun8.6 kmHongxing8.6 kmJiagangcun8.7 kmQiaobei8.7 kmWengjiaying8.7 kmWengjiayingcun8.8 kmGaoqiao8.9 kmWuqi8.9 kmNanhe8.9 kmJiagang8.9 kmFendoucun8.9 kmHuashenmiaocun9.1 kmHuashenmiao9.1 kmQiaobei Qizu9.2 kmNanxu9.3 kmGuoyuancun9.3 kmTaipingcun9.4 kmGaoli9.4 kmGuangyangcun9.4 kmHuangma9.5 kmBaidian9.5 kmJiqing9.6 kmXiamiaocun9.7 kmJiangxinzhou9.7 kmShuanghecun9.8 kmLiutangcun9.9 kmShuanghe10 kmJingxin10 kmShaosheng10 kmMaquncun10 kmXuzhuang10 kmZhonghe10 kmShuangtangzhao10 km
Nanjing from above
Around Nanjing35 places to see, do and reach nearby
Qinhuai RiverNature5.2 kmXuanwu LakeNature2.3 kmMochou Lake, JiangsuNature3.3 kmYueya Lake (Nanjing)Nature5.5 kmShangxinhe TownNature6.7 kmCouple ParkNature2.3 kmJiangxin IslandNature9.0 kmHsiakwan IslandNature5.4 kmPurple MountainMountain3.2 kmQixia MountainMountain21 kmMufushanMountain7.8 kmFormer Jinling Women's UniversityMonument1.5 kmPresidential Palace of NanjingMonument2.3 kmFormer Highest Court in NanjingMonument1.0 kmJohn Rabe HouseMonument1.0 kmJiangsu Art GalleryMonument2.0 kmBeiji GeMonument0.7 kmFormer Embassy of Japan, NankingMonument0.3 kmSite of University of NankingMonument0.4 kmDeji Art MuseumMuseum1.8 kmNanjing Museum of PalaeontologyMuseum1.1 km六朝博物馆Museum2.4 kmNanjing MuseumMuseum4.5 kmTaiping Kingdom History MuseumMuseum4.6 kmStationStation3.3 kmStationStation5.5 kmStationStation6.0 kmNanjing · ferry portFerry port5.1 kmNanjing · ferry portFerry port5.7 kmXiaolingweiPlace7.9 kmChuzhouPlace54 kmMa'anshanPlace49 kmJurongPlace39 kmLiyangPlace55 kmZhenzhouPlace44 km
Postal code
210000
Getting to Nanjing
Nanjing Lukou International AirportNKG
37 kmChangzhou Benniu International AirportCZX
95 kmYangzhou Taizhou AirportYTY
105 km南京Railway station
3.3 km南京西Railway station
5.5 km中华门Railway station
6 km有恒渡口Ferry port
5.1 km中山码头浦口码头
5.7 kmPlaces near Nanjing
Places with a climate like Nanjing
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Nanjing?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, October and November offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Nanjing.
What is the hottest month in Nanjing?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31°C and lows of 25°C.
What is the coldest month in Nanjing?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 7°C and lows of -2°C.
What is the rainiest month in Nanjing?
July is the wettest month with about 229 mm of precipitation on 18 wet days.
What is the postal code of Nanjing?
The postal code of Nanjing is 210000.