Nanjing month by month
Plan your visit to Nanjing by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 0°C
- Rain
- 41 mm
January in Nanjing brings a damp, penetrating cold that feels worse than the thermometer says. Daytime highs average 9.2°C (49°F) and nights settle around 0°C (32°F). The real…
- February
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 53 mm
February in Nanjing means daytime temperatures around 10°C (50°F), damp cold that the Yangtze Delta humidity makes feel worse, and the possibility that Chinese New Year reshapes…
- March
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 91 mm
March in Nanjing belongs to the plum blossoms. More than 30,000 plum trees on Meihua Shan, the hillside next to Ming Xiaoling on Purple Mountain, reach peak bloom in the first two…
- April
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 79 mm
April catches Nanjing in its finest spring form. Daytime temperatures sit around 22.6°C (73°F) with lows near 12.7°C (55°F), comfortable enough for full days of walking without the…
- May
- High
- 26°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 115 mm
The single most important thing about May in Nanjing is the calendar. Labor Day Golden Week (Wǔyī Jié, May 1-5) fills the city's headline sites with domestic tourists, and Nanjing…
- June
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 184 mm
June in Nanjing means méiyǔ, the plum rain season named for the fruit that ripens while the Yangtze Delta sits under weeks of low, grey skies. Daytime highs hover near 29.9°C…
- July
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 255 mm
July is the single toughest month to visit Nanjing. The city, long classified as one of China's Four Furnaces (四大火炉), delivers on that reputation with average highs of 32.7°C…
- August
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 123 mm
Nanjing in August is a furnace. That reputation is earned. The city, historically counted among China's Four Great Furnaces (四大火炉), averages 32.9°C (91°F) during the day with lows…
- September
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 145 mm
September in Nanjing is the city's long exhale after two months of furnace-grade heat. Nanjing earned its place on China's historical 'Four Furnaces' list, and while July and…
- October
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 74 mm
October in Nanjing turns on one fact. China's National Day Golden Week runs October 1-7 and sends hundreds of millions of domestic travelers onto the roads and rails. Nanjing is…
- November
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 33 mm
November is Nanjing's sweet spot. Daytime highs average around 17.4°C (63°F); lows sit near 8.7°C (48°F). The month collects roughly 33mm of rain across about 5 rainy days: July…
- December
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 17 mm
December in Nanjing brings the year's driest weather alongside its coldest temperatures. Daytime highs average about 10°C (50°F), and nights regularly dip toward freezing. A…