Shanghai Travel Forum

Hi,

I'm planning to travel to Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing in the 1st 2 wks of July. How's the weather then? Any locals who can advise me of the average temperature at that period? Does it rain a lot too?
Thanks.

Hot
Good chance of rain and thunderstorm

It can be difficult to tell as it's only early May now. But, generally in early July for Shanghai and that nearby area, it's just starting to get hot -- the hottest period for that area would be mid-August. (Shanghai and Nanjing are 2 of the 4 "furnaces"/"stoves" of China in the hottest summer time.)
Mind you that July and August are also the tropical storm season, so IF there is one, it can hit that area which will result in heavy rain and a cool temperature, although usually the most heavily hit area would be Fujian and Guangdong province further down south. I wouldn't worry about the possibility of tropical storm though.
In short, it's going to be hot, expecting say 30-35 degree for the maximum. Rain is possible (July is difinitely the rain season for the tropical storm reason).
Hope this helps.

You should be getting up to 70 degree weather. Bring your umbrelly because it might just rain.

summer at that time.. hot .. very hot. around 33-35c .

http://weather.msn.com/region.aspx?wealocations=China
http://www.wunderground.com/global/CI.html
http://www.weathercn.com

The above websites will have information that would answer your questions.

I am thinking of visiting Shanghai + Jiangnan early June, possibly the first week. Would the weather be better?
My partner loves to visit China but dislike the heat. We experienced very hot weather in Beijing during in June few years ago.

Better than August, that's for sure. However don't expect it to be non-humid or cool.