January 9° · ☂ 6 February 10° · ☂ 8 March 15° · ☂ 9 April 20° · ☂ 7 ★ May25° · ☂ 7 June 28° · ☂ 11 July 33° · ☂ 10 August 32° · ☂ 8 September 28° · ☂ 9 ★ October23° · ☂ 6 November 18° · ☂ 7 December 11° · ☂ 6 Shanghai in January:properly cold, occasional rain Shanghai, China · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 9° Hottest day 21.4° (2020)
Mean low 2° Coldest night −8.4° (2016)
Rain days 6 days 2-13 by year
Rainfall 56mm Daylight 10.2 → 10.7 h
Shanghai's 12 months i Best: May and October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Finecold
Humidity 72% 0 muggy days
Clear days 9 days 12 overcast days
Mean wind 13 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 06:53 / 17:13 Daylight 10.2 → 10.7 h
Shanghai in January The coldest part of the year. Snow is rare, but the damp air makes the cold feel like it gets into your bones. Indoors can be chilly too, so pack a down jacket and hand warmers. Lunar New Year sometimes lands in late January.
Cold, plain and simple: highs of 9°C, lows of 2°C. Warm cafes and museums earned their keep. Showers came now and then, about 6 rain days in all, and most of the month stayed dry. Counts moved moderately between years: 2 in 2011, 13 in 2016.
Frost touched 9 nights of the month on average, enough to glaze puddles and shaded steps at first light. The warmest year was 2014, with highs averaging 11.0°C, 2.4°C above normal. Cold snaps happened: the record low for January was −8.4°C, set in 2016.
Typhoons i Typhoons: June to November
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January 1 Friday 1 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 9° 1° January 2 Saturday 2 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 10° 2° 1-2 rain on 8% of days 9° 2°
January 3 Sunday 3 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 10° 3° January 4 Monday 4 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 10° 3° January 5 Tuesday 5 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 4° January 6 Wednesday 6 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 9° 3° January 7 Thursday 7 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° January 8 Friday 8 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° January 9 Saturday 9 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° 3-9 rain on 19% of days 9° 3°
January 10 Sunday 10 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° January 11 Monday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 9° 2° January 12 Tuesday 12 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 8° 2° January 13 Wednesday 13 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 8° 2° January 14 Thursday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° January 15 Friday 15 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° January 16 Saturday 16 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° 10-16 rain on 22% of days 8° 2°
January 17 Sunday 17 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° January 18 Monday 18 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 3° January 19 Tuesday 19 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 3° January 20 Wednesday 20 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 10° 4° January 21 Thursday 21 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 9° 3° January 22 Friday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° January 23 Saturday 23 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 7° 1° 17-23 rain on 24% of days 9° 3°
January 24 Sunday 24 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 7° 1° January 25 Monday 25 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° January 26 Tuesday 26 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 8° 1° January 27 Wednesday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 8° 2° January 28 Thursday 28 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° January 29 Friday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 9° 2° January 30 Saturday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° 24-30 rain on 21% of days 8° 2°
January 31 Sunday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 10° 3°
January 31 rain on 25% of days 10° 3°
1-2 rain on 8% of days 9° 2° 3-9 rain on 19% of days 9° 3° 10-16 rain on 22% of days 8° 2° 17-23 rain on 24% of days 9° 3° 24-30 rain on 21% of days 8° 2° January 31 rain on 25% of days 10° 3°
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January 1 Saturday 1 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 9° 1° January 1 rain on 5% of days 9° 1°
January 2 Sunday 2 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 10° 2° January 3 Monday 3 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 10° 3° January 4 Tuesday 4 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 10° 3° January 5 Wednesday 5 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 4° January 6 Thursday 6 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 9° 3° January 7 Friday 7 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° January 8 Saturday 8 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° 2-8 rain on 19% of days 9° 3°
January 9 Sunday 9 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° January 10 Monday 10 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° January 11 Tuesday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 9° 2° January 12 Wednesday 12 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 8° 2° January 13 Thursday 13 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 8° 2° January 14 Friday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° January 15 Saturday 15 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° 9-15 rain on 21% of days 8° 2°
January 16 Sunday 16 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 8° 2° January 17 Monday 17 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° January 18 Tuesday 18 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 3° January 19 Wednesday 19 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 9° 3° January 20 Thursday 20 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 10° 4° January 21 Friday 21 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 9° 3° January 22 Saturday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° 16-22 rain on 24% of days 9° 3°
January 23 Sunday 23 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 7° 1° January 24 Monday 24 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 7° 1° January 25 Tuesday 25 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 8° 1° January 26 Wednesday 26 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 8° 1° January 27 Thursday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 8° 2° January 28 Friday 28 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 8° 2° January 29 Saturday 29 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 9° 2° 23-29 rain on 22% of days 8° 2°
January 30 Sunday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 9° 2° January 31 Monday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 10° 3°
30-31 rain on 20% of days 10° 3°
January 1 rain on 5% of days 9° 1° 2-8 rain on 19% of days 9° 3° 9-15 rain on 21% of days 8° 2° 16-22 rain on 24% of days 9° 3° 23-29 rain on 22% of days 8° 2° 30-31 rain on 20% of days 10° 3°
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2006 none
2007 none
2008 10mm
2009 none
2010 11mm
2011 none
2012 5mm
2013 none
2014 none
2015 none
2016 4mm
2017 none
2018 10mm
2019 none
2020 3mm
2021 none
2022 12mm
2023 none
2024 none
2025 none
Holidays in January (2027) January 1 New Year's Day *January 18 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. * Provisional: not yet officially announced.
1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Day by day temperature i −6° 4° 13° 23° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates January 1 (Fri) 2 (Sat) 3 (Sun) 4 (Mon) 5 (Tue) 6 (Wed) 7 (Thu) 8 (Fri) 9 (Sat) 10 (Sun) 11 (Mon) 12 (Tue) 13 (Wed) 14 (Thu) 15 (Fri) 16 (Sat) 17 (Sun) 18 (Mon) 19 (Tue) 20 (Wed) 21 (Thu) 22 (Fri) 23 (Sat) 24 (Sun) 25 (Mon) 26 (Tue) 27 (Wed) 28 (Thu) 29 (Fri) 30 (Sat) 31 (Sun) ~ January 1 (Fri) 2 (Sat) 3 (Sun) 4 (Mon) 5 (Tue) 6 (Wed) 7 (Thu) 8 (Fri) 9 (Sat) 10 (Sun) 11 (Mon) 12 (Tue) 13 (Wed) 14 (Thu) 15 (Fri) 16 (Sat) 17 (Sun) 18 (Mon) 19 (Tue) 20 (Wed) 21 (Thu) 22 (Fri) 23 (Sat) 24 (Sun) 25 (Mon) 26 (Tue) 27 (Wed) 28 (Thu) 29 (Fri) 30 (Sat) 31 (Sun) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2011 had 2 rain days, 2016 had 13.
Shanghai through the year What to pack Bring a proper coat, not full polar gear. Thin layers underneath let you peel off in heated cafes and museums.
Most days stayed dry, yet a thin packable jacket cost nothing to carry and saved the odd soaked afternoon.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Shanghai in January? Over the past 20 years January averaged 6 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 2 in the driest to 13 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Shanghai in January? Days averaged 9°C and nights 2°C. Pack a compact umbrella and a warm coat.
Is January a good time to visit Shanghai? On warmth and rain days alone, Shanghai's easiest months were May and October. January ranked 11 of 12.
How many clear days does Shanghai get in January? About 9 clear days (under 30% cloud on average) and 12 overcast days (80% or more).
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