Yantai climate — normals and trends
Yantai (China) has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 763 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 August (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yantai averages 71 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Yantai has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 5 July 2025) and the coldest -13.3 °C (on 23 January 1963).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
YantaiShandong
- coords
- 37.48°, 121.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
763mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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).
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
Hottest day
33.1 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
140 mm
10 July 1965
Windiest day
74.3 km/h
28 July 1960
Strongest gust
127.8 km/h
28 July 1960
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
2 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-21.2 °C
4 January 1970
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
3 March 1989
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 8.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 32 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 100 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 73 mm | -102 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 234 mm | +86 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 191 mm | +105 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 127 mm | +85 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yantai?
Yantai has a hot-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 763 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yantai?
The hottest day measured in Yantai between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2025, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yantai?
The coldest day measured in Yantai between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -13.3 °C.
Does it snow in Yantai?
Yes. Yantai gets on average 29.9 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Yantai warmed?
Yes: Yantai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yantai?
The wettest day measured in Yantai between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1965, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yantai?
The windiest day measured in Yantai between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1960, with winds reaching 74.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yantai?
The warmest month in Yantai is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yantai?
Yantai receives on average 763 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yantai?
Yantai gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yantai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yantai between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1989, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yantai?
Yes: Yantai has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yantai?
In Yantai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 2 August 2024, and the lowest was -21.2 °C on 4 January 1970.
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