Hangzhou weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · major coastal city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Hangzhou is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with April close behind. Hangzhou averages about 1,344 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 73 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,344
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 1,460 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈10 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 33°C / 91°F
- Population
- 9.2M
- Elevation
- 5 m
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When is the best time to visit Hangzhou?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hangzhou is October, then April. The dullest month is January (6/100, 79 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hangzhou?
Hangzhou isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,344 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate October (73) from January (6), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #197 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. The year's 1,460 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 79 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| February | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 92 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| March | 44 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 113 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| April | 65 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 118 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 62 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 134 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| June | 59 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 242 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 148 mm | 7 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 183 mm | 7 | 33° / 91°F |
| September | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 133 mm | 5 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 73 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 73 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 64 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
Sea temperature in Hangzhou by month
The sea off Hangzhou is warmest in August at around 33°C / 91°F, and coolest in February at 8°C / 46°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jiaxing China · 56 km · best in Oct · 1,344 h sun/yr
- Yiwu/Jinhua China · 107 km · best in Oct · 1,356 h sun/yr
- Ningbo China · 109 km · best in Oct · 1,423 h sun/yr
- Wuxi China · 140 km · best in Oct · 1,483 h sun/yr
- Shanghai (Pudong) China · 166 km · best in Oct · 1,596 h sun/yr
- Zhoushan China · 189 km · best in Oct · 1,483 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Hangzhou compares month by month: Hangzhou vs Ningbo · Hangzhou vs Yiwu/Jinhua · Hangzhou vs Jiaxing · all comparisons
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