Climate Shanghai Pudong International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shanghai Pudong International Airport (ZSPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	54.5	48	70	61	75	29
February	59.7	41	69	75	66	60
March	63.1	68	73	72	47	70
April	72.2		74	78	69	88
May	69.0		72	71	74	60
June	61.7		62	74	63	50
July	72.9		79	86	57	63
August	75.8		81	84	71	89
September	73.3		70	71	74	77
October	85.1		93	88	81	93
November	76.9		88	64	87	71
December	68.9		66	78	78	74
Average	67.6	52.9	74.6	75.1	69.6	68.4

18th best VFR conditions of China

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.2	77	87	82	84	72
February	84.1	67	86	99	84	83
March	84.6	88	89	87	78	88
April	88.7		94	88	84	97
May	87.4		95	85	88	82
June	85.9		81	92	87	81
July	92.1		98	99	83	87
August	97.4		99	100	97	99
September	94.5		97	94	95	95
October	96.8		98	99	96	98
November	91.5		99	86	96	90
December	88.0		86	90	95	87
Average	88.0	77.8	92.3	91.7	88.7	88.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.6	10	10	9	10	11
February	10.5	10	10	9	14	13
March	15.6	16	16	18	15	16
April	20.6		21	21	20	19
May	24.9		25	24	26	25
June	27.6		28	29	28	28
July	32.2		33	34	31	30
August	32.5		32	35	31	34
September	28.2		29	28	30	28
October	23.2		25	23	24	22
November	18.6		19	20	18	19
December	11.7		11	11	13	11
Average	20.2	11.9	21.6	22.0	21.6	21.2

20th highest temperature of China

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.4	3	2	4	2	6
February	4.2	4	5	4	7	6
March	8.2	7	9	9	9	9
April	12.7		13	13	13	12
May	17.7		18	17	18	19
June	21.9		22	23	22	23
July	26.0		27	27	26	24
August	26.4		26	27	26	27
September	22.7		24	22	23	21
October	16.8		17	16	18	17
November	11.8		11	13	10	13
December	4.5		4	4	4	4
Average	13.5	4.5	14.7	15.3	15.0	14.9

22nd lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.4	8	12	15	8	28
February	15.6	29	14	16	18	8
March	11.8	7	10	12	17	10
April	7.4		6	8	9	5
May	10.0		8	12	13	8
June	15.6		18	11	15	19
July	10.3		13	4	18	18
August	7.0		7	3	12	7
September	14.2		13	13	15	16
October	7.3		5	5	14	5
November	8.9		2	12	5	13
December	10.3		10	10	7	5
Average	11.4	14.0	10.0	9.8	12.6	11.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.1	10	10	10	10	11
February	10.7	12	11	11	10	11
March	10.5	11	10	11	10	11
April	10.6		11	10	11	10
May	10.3		11	10	10	10
June	9.4		10	10	9	9
July	10.5		10	9	13	9
August	10.8		11	10	10	12
September	10.6		9	12	11	10
October	11.3		10	12	12	11
November	10.3		11	10	10	11
December	10.4		10	11	9	11
Average	10.5	10.7	10.2	10.4	10.5	10.4

20th highest wind speed of China

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	339°	352°	019°	343°	350°
February	335°	024°	024°	041°	037°
March	009°	059°	069°	043°	047°
April		097°	072°	074°	069°
May		126°	110°	148°	126°
June		139°	158°	123°	127°
July		161°	137°	127°	141°
August		061°	145°	101°	169°
September		063°	024°	063°	036°
October		039°	029°	044°	034°
November		312°	053°	011°	022°
December		321°	344°	348°	350°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.