Yantai weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · major coastal city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Yantai is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with May and October close behind. Yantai averages about 2,005 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 59 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,005
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 706 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈24 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 2.2M
- Elevation
- 36 m
When is the best time to visit Yantai?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yantai is September, then May and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yantai?
Yantai gets a moderate 2,005 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate September (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #138 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 706 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 10 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 16 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 16 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 38 mm | 5 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 64 mm | 6 | 15° / 59°F |
| June | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 74 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| July | 63 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 168 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 184 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 80 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 59 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 25 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 37 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 15 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Yantai by month
The sea off Yantai is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 1°C / 34°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 3 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
- Weihai China · 122 km · best in Oct · 1,939 h sun/yr
- Dalian (Ganjingzi) China · 153 km · best in Sep · 2,159 h sun/yr
- Qingdao (Jiaozhou) China · 165 km · best in Oct · 2,121 h sun/yr
- Dongying (Kenli) China · 194 km · best in Oct · 2,048 h sun/yr
- Weifang (Kuiwen) China · 200 km · best in Oct · 2,123 h sun/yr
- Rizhao (Donggang) China · 291 km · best in Oct · 2,013 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Changhai China · 231 km · 2,223 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Yantai compares month by month: Yantai vs Qingdao (Jiaozhou) · Yantai vs Dalian (Ganjingzi) · Yantai vs Weihai · all comparisons
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