January
- Avg temp
- 5.4°C
- Rainfall
- 63 mm
- Humidity
- 75%
- Crowd index
- 75/100
- Weather4
- Crowds25
- Disaster risk52
Travel timing
When should you go to China?
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ShanghaiChina
Best months
- Top pickMay47/100 · Fair
- #2November46/100 · Fair
- #3August43/100 · Poor
Month breakdown
February
- Avg temp
- 6.3°C
- Rainfall
- 67 mm
- Humidity
- 76%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather6
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk71
March
- Avg temp
- 11.1°C
- Rainfall
- 80 mm
- Humidity
- 75%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather22
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk44
April
- Avg temp
- 16.0°C
- Rainfall
- 102 mm
- Humidity
- 74%
- Crowd index
- 60/100
- Weather37
- Crowds40
- Disaster risk47
May
- Avg temp
- 20.6°C
- Rainfall
- 125 mm
- Humidity
- 76%
- Crowd index
- 65/100
- Weather48
- Crowds35
- Disaster risk58
June
- Avg temp
- 24.2°C
- Rainfall
- 245 mm
- Humidity
- 83%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather34
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk51
July
- Avg temp
- 28.5°C
- Rainfall
- 216 mm
- Humidity
- 81%
- Crowd index
- 90/100
- Weather41
- Crowds10
- Disaster risk38
August
- Avg temp
- 29.0°C
- Rainfall
- 122 mm
- Humidity
- 78%
- Crowd index
- 85/100
- Weather65
- Crowds15
- Disaster risk42
September
- Avg temp
- 24.9°C
- Rainfall
- 186 mm
- Humidity
- 81%
- Crowd index
- 60/100
- Weather46
- Crowds40
- Disaster risk29
October
- Avg temp
- 19.4°C
- Rainfall
- 76 mm
- Humidity
- 77%
- Crowd index
- 100/100
- Weather56
- Crowds0
- Disaster risk50
November
- Avg temp
- 13.9°C
- Rainfall
- 70 mm
- Humidity
- 76%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather36
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk61
December
- Avg temp
- 7.3°C
- Rainfall
- 38 mm
- Humidity
- 74%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather18
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk75
How we score this
Each month combines weather, crowds, natural-disaster risk, hotel cost and flight cost into one rating for Shanghai. Higher scores are better for typical leisure travellers from Australia.
Flight and hotel prices are not in this refresh yet — those factors are left out of the mix until the next Amadeus update.
- Weather25%
- Crowds20%
- Disaster risk20%
- Weather:Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 archive, ~10y monthly normals)
- Crowds:Curated monthly visitor-pressure index (Shanghai, China: tourism seasonality; refresh from official arrivals when available)
- Disaster risk:USGS M>=4.5 earthquakes (10y) + GDACS multi-hazard SEARCH, blended with destination seasonal baseline
Scores last refreshed 30 September 2026.
