Climate averages 1991–2020

Qingdao weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 158 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qingdao · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Qingdao: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jimo (37 km away). In July its highs average 28.8°C, 2.9°C warmer than Qingdao, with 176 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingdao ranks joint 816th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 270th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Qingdao is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 163 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qingdao climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qingdao, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.5°C-1.4°C-1.4°C132.810.010 h
February 4.8°C-0.3°C-0.3°C203.510.811 h
March 8.3°C3.3°C3.3°C284.711.912 h
April 13.0°C8.4°C8.4°C445.513.113 h
May 18.0°C13.8°C13.8°C715.914.114 h
June 21.9°C18.8°C18.8°C805.914.615 h
July, selected 25.9°C23.1°C23.1°C15810.514.414 h
August 27.2°C24.0°C24.0°C16311.213.514 h
September 24.3°C20.3°C20.3°C856.112.412 h
October 19.2°C14.6°C14.6°C445.011.311 h
November 12.5°C7.8°C7.8°C395.010.310 h
December 6.0°C1.3°C1.3°C203.69.810 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Qingdao

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qingdao) is explained once on the Qingdao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.