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Qingdao weather

Shandong · 7,172,451 inhabitants · Friday, October 30 · updated 02:00

Clear sky
16°
Clear sky
Feels like 16°C
Wind
16 km/h
Gusts
22 km/h
Humidity
73 %
Pressure
1018 hPa
Clouds
0 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:18 Set 17:05 Day 10 h 46 min UV 6 · High

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Night
Clear sky
Clear sky
18°16°
Feels like 18°
Wind ↑ WSW 19 km/h
Gusts 30 km/h
Humidity 42 %
Morning
Clear sky
Clear sky
19°16°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ SW 19 km/h
Gusts 33 km/h
Humidity 45 %
Afternoon
Clear sky
Clear sky
21°20°
Feels like 21°
Wind ↑ WSW 20 km/h
Gusts 30 km/h
Humidity 39 %
Evening
Clear sky
Clear sky
19°18°
Feels like 19°
Wind ↑ NNW 12 km/h
Gusts 19 km/h
Humidity 56 %
08:00
Clear sky
16°
SW 17
11:00
Clear sky
19°
W 19
14:00
Clear sky
20°
WSW 20
17:00
Clear sky
21°
NW 19
20:00
Clear sky
19°
NNW 12
23:00
Clear sky
18°
NNW 11
02:00
Clear sky
16°
N 15
05:00
Clear sky
15°
NE 24

Qingdao forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

▲ This week runs +2.4° warmer than usual
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
11°14°17°20°23°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed18°16°Thu 29 Oct: max 18° · min 16° · normal 14.5°Fri 30 Oct: max 21° · min 15° · normal 14.2°Sat 31 Oct: max 17° · min 15° · normal 14.0°Sun 1 Nov: max 16° · min 13° · normal 14.0°Mon 2 Nov: max 17° · min 13° · normal 13.8°Tue 3 Nov: max 18° · min 16° · normal 13.5°Wed 4 Nov: max 18° · min 16° · normal 13.3°

Hourly detail

FriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri9°16°22°21°11°08
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Qingdao climate: what a normal year looks like

The hottest stretch is August, when afternoons average 28 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average −3 °C. Between those two months the average temperature changes by 26 °C.

Nights typically freeze from December to February, the coldest averaging −3 °C in January.

The wet season is concentrated from July to September, which brings 56% of the annual total; July by itself averages 176 mm.

From 14 h 36 min of daylight in late June to 9 h 42 min in late December.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 18 °C, 2 °C cooler than a normal October (20 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan3 °C−3 °C13 mm
Feb5 °C−1 °C19 mm
Mar9 °C3 °C26 mm
Apr15 °C9 °C40 mm
May20 °C14 °C66 mm
Jun24 °C19 °C77 mm
Jul27 °C23 °C176 mm
Aug28 °C24 °C171 mm
Sep25 °C20 °C78 mm
Oct20 °C13 °C37 mm
Nov13 °C7 °C34 mm
Dec6 °C−1 °C17 mm
Whole year16 °C11 °C750 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 36.06° N, 120.38° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Qingdao: pollution and pollen

4/6
Poor
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.540µg/m³
PM1050µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Qingdao

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Qingdao, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Qingdao yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Qingdao

Waning gibbous
79 % illuminated · 19.3 days
Rise 17:18 Set 07:50
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon
Wed 11/11 3%

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Asia/Shanghai); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Qingdao

Curious about the weather in Qingdao on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Qingdao weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Qingdao, Shandong: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 16 °C (feels like 16 °C) and the wind blows at 16 km/h.

Expected range today: 15 °C to 21 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

Qingdao weather data for developers

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations