Shenzhen
22.55° N, 114.05° E
When to go?
Mean 15 °C, 3 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 5 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 7 rain days in the month (69 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 10 rain days in the month (133 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 26 °C, 15 rain days in the month (272 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (374 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain20 mm per rain day
Mean 29 °C, 18 rain days in the month (300 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 28 °C, 18 rain days in the month (402 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain22 mm per rain day
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 27 °C, 12 rain days in the month (264 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 4
Mean 25 °C, 5 rain days in the month (86 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 21 °C, 4 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 17 °C, 3 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are November–April. Ideal for the sea: April, July–November. Avoid May–October (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain and typhoons).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: South China Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: South China Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: South China Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2019 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1951 (−0.4 °C).
February and November warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.3 °C), August the least (+0.4 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 22 °C) begins 6 days earlier and ends 9 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.6 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990