Climate guideThirty-year normals for Shaoxing
Shaoxing climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,453 mm145 wet days a year
30.00° N, 120.58° EElevation 21 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goShaoxing · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low23° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Shaoxing 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 34° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,453 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (169 mm, 17 wet days) and October the driest (77 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in December to 60% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Shaoxing is 1.7° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- December · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 14 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 | 9° | 11° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 34° | 33° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 11° |
| Average low | 1° | 2° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 80 mm | 87 mm | 146 mm | 125 mm | 135 mm | 223 mm | 159 mm | 169 mm | 129 mm | 77 mm | 75 mm | 48 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 10 | 8.3 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 51% | 55% | 55% | 52% | 60% | 52% | 42% | 41% | 38% | 40% | 35% |
| Daylight | 10h 25 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 39 | 14h 04 | 13h 54 | 13h 15 | 12h 23 | 11h 29 | 10h 40 | 10h 14 |
| Month score | 27 | 25 | 45 | 62 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 30 | 55 | 80 | 69 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Shaoxing in every month
January27
9° / 1°
80 mm · 10.2 wet days
February25
11° / 2°
87 mm · 11.8 wet days
March45
15° / 6°
146 mm · 11.9 wet days
April62
21° / 12°
125 mm · 11.8 wet days
May58
26° / 17°
135 mm · 12.1 wet days
June38
29° / 22°
223 mm · 16.4 wet days
July22
34° / 26°
159 mm · 16.4 wet days
August30
33° / 25°
169 mm · 16.6 wet days
September55
28° / 21°
129 mm · 12.1 wet days
October80
23° / 15°
77 mm · 7.2 wet days
November69
17° / 9°
75 mm · 10 wet days
December43
11° / 2°
48 mm · 8.3 wet days