Qingdao enjoys 225 sunny days a year, with frosty winters and limited daylight. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Qingdao, China is a 3.7M-resident city with 225 sunny days and 30 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 34.6 µg/m³. A city in China.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 17 |
| Daily mean°C | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
| Daily low°C | -1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 18 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | -8 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -23 | -19 | -11 | -3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 5 | -9 | -23 | 0 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 66 | 69 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 91 | 91 | 82 | 75 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 75 |
| Dewpoint°C | -3.0 | -2.2 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 18.8 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 4.7 | -2.9 | 9.7 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 8 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 53 | 117 | 226 | 200 | 109 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 894 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 66 |
| Snowfallmm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 10.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 9.9 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| Clear skyindex | 54% | 63% | 60% | 52% | 55% | 46% | 37% | 50% | 58% | 58% | 58% | 62% | 54% |
| UV indexmax avg | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
Qingdao offers a solid outdoor season. 3 months of the year are perfect for all activities. Dinner outside works 4/12 months, while walking is comfortable 11/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Qingdao reports an annual PM2.5 of 34.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Qingdao reports an annual PM2.5 of 34.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 34.6 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Qingdao? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 34.6 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Qingdao sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.