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 July:seriously hot, frequent rain Shanghai, China · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 33° Hottest day 39.3° (2013)
Mean low 26° Coldest night 18.5° (2015)
Rain days 10 days 3-18 by year
Rainfall 166mm Daylight 14.2 → 13.7 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 Poorhot, muggy and storm risk
Humidity 80% 31 muggy days
Clear days 5 days 16 overcast days
Mean wind 14 km/h 1 windy day
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 05:00 / 19:00 Daylight 14.2 → 13.7 h
Shanghai in July Once the plum rains end, the real heat begins. Sunny hours feel like a steamer, and afternoon showers are common. From now on, keep an eye on typhoon news. Spending midday in museums, malls and the metro is easier on the body.
July brought serious heat to Shanghai, 33°C on a typical afternoon and 26°C overnight. Early mornings were the best time to be outside. There were 10 rain days on average, roughly one day in three. Averages hide a lot here: one year saw 3, another 18.
25 days past 30°C made it a month for early starts and a long lunch indoors. Not every year was typical: 2013 ran 3.2°C warmer than the mean, with highs of 35.8°C. Wet days did not mess around: about 17 mm each, the kind of rain that drives you into a doorway.
Typhoons i 4 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
In-Fa (2021), 66 km away tropical storm Ampil (2018), 71 km away tropical storm Chan-Hom (2015), 150 km away typhoon strength 1 2 3 4 5 1 6 4 7 7 8 5 9 1 10 1 11 12
Date by date i Sun
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July 1 Thursday 1 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 31° 25° July 2 Friday 2 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 32° 25° July 3 Saturday 3 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 25° 1-3 rain on 42% of days 32° 25°
July 4 Sunday 4 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 25° July 5 Monday 5 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 32° 25° July 6 Tuesday 6 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 25° July 7 Wednesday 7 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° July 8 Thursday 8 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° July 9 Friday 9 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 26° July 10 Saturday 10 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° 4-10 rain on 35% of days 32° 26°
July 11 Sunday 11 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° July 12 Monday 12 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° July 13 Tuesday 13 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° July 14 Wednesday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 32° 26° July 15 Thursday 15 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 32° 25° July 16 Friday 16 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 31° 26° July 17 Saturday 17 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 32° 26° 11-17 rain on 36% of days 32° 26°
July 18 Sunday 18 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 33° 26° July 19 Monday 19 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° July 20 Tuesday 20 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 27° July 21 Wednesday 21 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 22 Thursday 22 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° July 23 Friday 23 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 24 Saturday 24 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° 18-24 rain on 22% of days 33° 27°
July 25 Sunday 25 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 33° 27° July 26 Monday 26 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 27° July 27 Tuesday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 27° July 28 Wednesday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 27° July 29 Thursday 29 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 30 Friday 30 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 31 Saturday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 27° 25-31 rain on 26% of days 33° 27°
1-3 rain on 42% of days 32° 25° 4-10 rain on 35% of days 32° 26° 11-17 rain on 36% of days 32° 26° 18-24 rain on 22% of days 33° 27° 25-31 rain on 26% of days 33° 27°
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July 1 Saturday 1 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 31° 25° July 1 rain on 60% of days 31° 25°
July 2 Sunday 2 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 32° 25° July 3 Monday 3 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 25° July 4 Tuesday 4 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 25° July 5 Wednesday 5 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 32° 25° July 6 Thursday 6 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 25° July 7 Friday 7 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° July 8 Saturday 8 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° 2-8 rain on 36% of days 32° 25°
July 9 Sunday 9 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 32° 26° July 10 Monday 10 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° July 11 Tuesday 11 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° July 12 Wednesday 12 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 32° 26° July 13 Thursday 13 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 32° 26° July 14 Friday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 32° 26° July 15 Saturday 15 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 32° 25° 9-15 rain on 34% of days 32° 26°
July 16 Sunday 16 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 31° 26° July 17 Monday 17 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 32° 26° July 18 Tuesday 18 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 33° 26° July 19 Wednesday 19 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° July 20 Thursday 20 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 33° 27° July 21 Friday 21 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 22 Saturday 22 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° 16-22 rain on 26% of days 33° 26°
July 23 Sunday 23 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 24 Monday 24 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 33° 27° July 25 Tuesday 25 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 33° 27° July 26 Wednesday 26 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 27° July 27 Thursday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 33° 27° July 28 Friday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 27° July 29 Saturday 29 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° 23-29 rain on 26% of days 33° 27°
July 30 Sunday 30 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 34° 27° July 31 Monday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 34° 27°
30-31 rain on 23% of days 34° 27°
July 1 rain on 60% of days 31° 25° 2-8 rain on 36% of days 32° 25° 9-15 rain on 34% of days 32° 26° 16-22 rain on 26% of days 33° 26° 23-29 rain on 26% of days 33° 27° 30-31 rain on 23% of days 34° 27°
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2006 6mm
2007 9mm
2008 none
2009 9mm
2010 none
2011 3mm
2012 12mm
2013 none
2014 13mm
2015 41mm
2016 none
2017 none
2018 3mm
2019 21mm
2020 none
2021 1mm
2022 none
2023 39mm
2024 34mm
2025 none
Holidays in July (2027) July 3 to July 5 Independence Day weekend 1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Day by day temperature i 20° 27° 34° 41° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates July 1 (Thu) 2 (Fri) 3 (Sat) 4 (Sun) 5 (Mon) 6 (Tue) 7 (Wed) 8 (Thu) 9 (Fri) 10 (Sat) 11 (Sun) 12 (Mon) 13 (Tue) 14 (Wed) 15 (Thu) 16 (Fri) 17 (Sat) 18 (Sun) 19 (Mon) 20 (Tue) 21 (Wed) 22 (Thu) 23 (Fri) 24 (Sat) 25 (Sun) 26 (Mon) 27 (Tue) 28 (Wed) 29 (Thu) 30 (Fri) 31 (Sat) ~ July 1 (Thu) 2 (Fri) 3 (Sat) 4 (Sun) 5 (Mon) 6 (Tue) 7 (Wed) 8 (Thu) 9 (Fri) 10 (Sat) 11 (Sun) 12 (Mon) 13 (Tue) 14 (Wed) 15 (Thu) 16 (Fri) 17 (Sat) 18 (Sun) 19 (Mon) 20 (Tue) 21 (Wed) 22 (Thu) 23 (Fri) 24 (Sat) 25 (Sun) 26 (Mon) 27 (Tue) 28 (Wed) 29 (Thu) 30 (Fri) 31 (Sat) 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. 2013 had 3 rain days, 2023 had 18.
Shanghai through the year What to pack At 33°C by day and 26°C at night with humid air, sweat hardly dried. Quick-dry fabrics beat heavy cotton, and a spare top saved the evening.
Averaging 10 rain days, keep a light waterproof or a compact umbrella in the bag. In windy spots umbrellas flip easily.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Shanghai in July? Over the past 20 years July averaged 10 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 3 in the driest to 18 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Shanghai in July? Days averaged 33°C and nights 26°C. Pack a compact umbrella, T-shirts, sunscreen plus a hat, and insect repellent.
Is July a good time to visit Shanghai? On warmth and rain days alone, Shanghai's easiest months were May and October. July ranked 8 of 12.
Is Shanghai humid in July? Mean relative humidity was 80%, with about 31 muggy days (dew point of 20°C or more) in the month.
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