Best time to visit Shanghai
Our pick for sun: May, September to October.
The best months
- SunMay, September to October
- CityApril to May, November
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 57/100 | Good, 76/100 | Fair, 47/100, Heavy rain | Good, 65/100, Typhoon season | Good, 60/100, Typhoon season | Good, 70/100, Typhoon season | Good, 73/100, Typhoon season | Best avoided, 33/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 |
| City | Fair, 44/100 | Fair, 57/100 | Good, 63/100 | Ideal, 80/100 | Ideal, 80/100 | Fair, 45/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 36/100, Typhoon season | Best avoided, 34/100, Typhoon season | Fair, 59/100, Typhoon season | Good, 78/100, Typhoon season | Ideal, 83/100 | Good, 65/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 3°C | 65 mm |
| February | 10°C | 4°C | 65 mm |
| March | 14°C | 7°C | 99 mm |
| April | 19°C | 12°C | 106 mm |
| May | 24°C | 18°C | 129 mm |
| June | 27°C | 22°C | 275 mm |
| July | 32°C | 26°C | 161 mm |
| August | 31°C | 26°C | 160 mm |
| September | 27°C | 22°C | 111 mm |
| October | 23°C | 17°C | 63 mm |
| November | 17°C | 11°C | 59 mm |
| December | 11°C | 5°C | 48 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 14 h
- From YYZ : about 14 h 05 min
- From YVR : about 11 h 15 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).