Climate guideThirty-year normals for Putuo
Putuo climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest May · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,480 mm135 wet days a year
31.25° N, 121.39° EElevation 10 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goPutuo · weather score
Best timeMay · Oct–Nov
October: high / low22° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Putuo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,480 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (232 mm, 17 wet days) and October the driest (77 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in December to 56% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Putuo is 0.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- December · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 10 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 8° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 11° |
| Average low | 1° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 78 mm | 78 mm | 116 mm | 104 mm | 118 mm | 227 mm | 191 mm | 232 mm | 138 mm | 77 mm | 72 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.7 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 14.7 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 47% | 51% | 51% | 49% | 56% | 51% | 40% | 37% | 35% | 37% | 33% |
| Daylight | 10h 20 | 11h 04 | 11h 56 | 12h 55 | 13h 44 | 14h 10 | 14h 00 | 13h 19 | 12h 23 | 11h 27 | 10h 35 | 10h 08 |
| Month score | 32 | 27 | 44 | 66 | 67 | 47 | 32 | 38 | 63 | 82 | 69 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Putuo in every month
January32
8° / 1°
78 mm · 8.7 wet days
February27
10° / 2°
78 mm · 10.3 wet days
March44
14° / 6°
116 mm · 10.3 wet days
April66
19° / 11°
104 mm · 10.5 wet days
May67
24° / 17°
118 mm · 10.8 wet days
June47
27° / 21°
227 mm · 14.7 wet days
July32
31° / 25°
191 mm · 16.7 wet days
August38
31° / 25°
232 mm · 17.4 wet days
September63
27° / 21°
138 mm · 11.2 wet days
October82
22° / 16°
77 mm · 6.8 wet days
November69
17° / 9°
72 mm · 9.2 wet days
December43
11° / 3°
49 mm · 7.9 wet days