Ningbo climate — normals and trends
Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate, averaging 17.1 °C annually with 1,620 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
NingboZhejiang
- coords
- 29.88°, 121.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,620mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
59 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.9 °C
Average feels-like low
14.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
119 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.2 °C
6 August 2013
Coldest day
-8.4 °C
1 February 1980
Wettest day
206 mm
28 September 1996
Windiest day
60.8 km/h
11 July 2015
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
2 August 1956
Hottest feels-like
47.0 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-14.1 °C
16 January 1967
Snowiest day
12.1 cm
9 February 1977
Sunniest day
13.9 h
25 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -51 mm |
| Feb | 9.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 54 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 16.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 59 mm | -64 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 53 mm | -92 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 228 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 458 mm | +157 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 333 mm | +174 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 30 mm | -128 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 92 mm | -69 mm |
| Oct | 27.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 48 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 55 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 14.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 16 mm | -43 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Ningbo (China) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,620 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ningbo averages 10 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Ningbo has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 6 August 2013) and the coldest -8.4 °C (on 1 February 1980).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ningbo?
Ningbo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,620 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ningbo?
The hottest day measured in Ningbo between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2013, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ningbo?
The coldest day measured in Ningbo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1980, at -8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ningbo?
Yes. Ningbo gets on average 6.4 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of Ningbo warmed?
Yes: Ningbo warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ningbo?
The wettest day measured in Ningbo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1996, with 206 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ningbo?
The windiest day measured in Ningbo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2015, with winds reaching 60.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ningbo?
The warmest month in Ningbo is July (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ningbo?
Ningbo receives on average 1,620 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ningbo?
Ningbo gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ningbo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ningbo between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1977, with 12.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ningbo?
Yes: Ningbo has on average 119 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ningbo?
In Ningbo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 10 July 2022, and the lowest was -14.1 °C on 16 January 1967.
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