Jiaxing weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Jiaxing is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 72/100), with April and May close behind. Jiaxing averages about 1,344 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,344
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 72/100
- Rain / year
- 1,392 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- Sea level

When is the best time to visit Jiaxing?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Jiaxing is October, then April and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 77 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Jiaxing?
Jiaxing isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,344 hours of sunshine a year. 72 Sunshine Score points separate October (72) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #198 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. The year's 1,392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 77 mm | 2 |
| February | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 88 mm | 3 |
| March | 39 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 103 mm | 4 |
| April | 66 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 110 mm | 5 |
| May | 64 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 119 mm | 5 |
| June | 59 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 221 mm | 5 |
| July | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 157 mm | 7 |
| August | 59 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 174 mm | 7 |
| September | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 132 mm | 5 |
| October | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 76 mm | 4 |
| November | 60 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 77 mm | 3 |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 58 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hangzhou China · 56 km · best in Oct · 1,344 h sun/yr
- Wuxi China · 92 km · best in Oct · 1,483 h sun/yr
- Shanghai (Pudong) China · 120 km · best in Oct · 1,596 h sun/yr
- Ningbo China · 124 km · best in Oct · 1,423 h sun/yr
- Nantong (Tongzhou) China · 156 km · best in Oct · 1,567 h sun/yr
- Changzhou China · 160 km · best in Oct · 1,440 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Jiaxing compares month by month: Jiaxing vs Shanghai (Pudong) · Jiaxing vs Hangzhou · Jiaxing vs Wuxi · Jiaxing vs Ningbo · all comparisons
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