Tianjin weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Tianjin is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with May and September close behind. Tianjin averages about 2,211 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

2,211

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

87/100

Rain / year

546 mm

Snow / year

≈16 cm

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

11.1M

Elevation

Sea level

When is the best time to visit Tianjin?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tianjin is April, then May and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tianjin?

Tianjin gets a moderate 2,211 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate April (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #118 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 546 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Tangshan (Fengrun) China · 87 km · best in Apr · 2,232 h sun/yr
• Beijing China · 90 km · best in Apr · 2,215 h sun/yr
• Dongying (Kenli) China · 220 km · best in Oct · 2,048 h sun/yr
• Shijiazhuang China · 248 km · best in Apr · 2,307 h sun/yr
• Jinan (Licheng) China · 252 km · best in Oct · 2,012 h sun/yr
• Zhangjiakou China · 273 km · best in May · 2,829 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Qinhuangdao (Changli) China · 159 km · 2,237 h sun/yr · best in May
• Chengde China · 231 km · 2,672 h sun/yr · best in May

Head-to-head

How Tianjin compares month by month: Tianjin vs Beijing · Tianjin vs Tangshan (Fengrun) · Tianjin vs Dongying (Kenli) · all comparisons