Tianjin weather by month & the best time to visit
China · major city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Tianjin is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with May and September close behind. Tianjin averages about 2,211 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in April.
When is the best time to visit Tianjin?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tianjin is April, then May and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tianjin?
Tianjin gets a moderate 2,211 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate April (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #118 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 67% of the year's 546 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -8° / 18°F | 2 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 6 mm | 2 |
| March | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 9 mm | 3 |
| April | 87 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 24 mm | 4 |
| May | 85 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 38 mm | 5 |
| June | 77 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 81 mm | 5 |
| July | 64 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 155 mm | 5 |
| August | 68 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 130 mm | 5 |
| September | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 55 mm | 4 |
| October | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| November | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 14 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 3 mm | 1 |
Nearest destinations
Head-to-head
How Tianjin compares month by month: Tianjin vs Beijing · Tianjin vs Tangshan (Fengrun) · Tianjin vs Dongying (Kenli) · all comparisons
Tianjin: questions and answers
What kind of destination is Tianjin?
Tianjin is a major city break in China with a hot-summer continental climate.
How many hours of sunshine does Tianjin get a year?
Tianjin gets about 2,211 hours of sunshine a year, at its best around April.
When is the best time to visit Tianjin?
The sunniest time to visit Tianjin is April, when the Sunshine Score peaks at 87/100 (with May and September close behind). Expect daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F.
What is the least sunny month in Tianjin?
January is the least sunny month in Tianjin, scoring 0/100 with about 2 mm of rain.
How strong is the sun in Tianjin?
The typical midday UV index in Tianjin peaks around 5 (moderate) in May, easing to about 1 (low) in January. Month-by-month midday UV values are in the UV column of the table on this page.
Put the Tianjin sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Tianjin's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: