Climate averages 1991–2020
Shanhaiguan weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Shanhaiguan: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qinhuangdao (16 km away). In November its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Shanhaiguan, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanhaiguan ranks joint 699th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 123rd of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Shanhaiguan is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 4.7 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shanhaiguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 147 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 8.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
November in nearby cities
- Qinhuangdao in NovemberChina · 16 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Xingcheng in NovemberChina · 107 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in NovemberChina · 115 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Linxi in NovemberChina · 116 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in NovemberChina · 117 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Huludao in NovemberChina · 124 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Lianshan in NovemberChina · 126 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Tangshan in NovemberChina · 140 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 14 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shanhaiguan) is explained once on the Shanhaiguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.