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Shanghai in November

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Shanghai is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.November in Shanghai is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
10h 32mon average

Is November a good time to visit Shanghai?

A good month, just outside Shanghai's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in November, against 50°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in November, against 10°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

24% of days in November, against 20% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

37% cover in November, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

10h 32m in November, against 10h 09m to 14h 09m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with November shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. October77°25°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. November67°19°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. December55°13°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Shanghai sits, in November

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
6:21 AMsets 4:57 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
31.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hangzhou163 km south-west

The land around Shanghai, shaded by its typical high in November, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in November

high · low · wet days
See November on the planning mapThe whole year in Shanghai

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Shanghai. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.