Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Shaping
Shaping climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,834 mm154 wet days a year
22.77° N, 112.96° EElevation 9 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goShaping · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low28° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Shaping 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 32° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 1,834 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (298 mm, 23 wet days) and December the driest (30 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in October to 63% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Shaping is 0° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- October · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 45 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 | 19° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 20° |
| Average low | 11° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 38 mm | 65 mm | 87 mm | 196 mm | 282 mm | 298 mm | 239 mm | 259 mm | 222 mm | 78 mm | 40 mm | 30 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.8 | 6.2 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 20.4 | 23.1 | 20 | 20.5 | 15.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.5 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 60% | 62% | 57% | 56% | 63% | 53% | 51% | 39% | 28% | 29% | 32% |
| Daylight | 10h 53 | 11h 24 | 11h 59 | 12h 40 | 13h 13 | 13h 31 | 13h 24 | 12h 56 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 04 | 10h 45 |
| Month score | 80 | 73 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 41 | 73 | 86 | 89 |
ivMonth by month
Shaping in every month
January80
19° / 11°
38 mm · 5.8 wet days
February73
20° / 12°
65 mm · 6.2 wet days
March59
23° / 16°
87 mm · 11.7 wet days
April49
27° / 20°
196 mm · 14.7 wet days
May39
29° / 23°
282 mm · 20.4 wet days
June29
31° / 25°
298 mm · 23.1 wet days
July29
32° / 26°
239 mm · 20 wet days
August31
32° / 26°
259 mm · 20.5 wet days
September41
30° / 24°
222 mm · 15.6 wet days
October73
28° / 21°
78 mm · 5.8 wet days
November86
24° / 16°
40 mm · 6.1 wet days
December89
20° / 11°
30 mm · 4.5 wet days