Best time to visit Shenyang

The best time to visit Shenyang is May and September–October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

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  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January-4.3 °C / 24 °F-15.4 °C / 4 °F6 mm / 0.2 inneither best nor good
February0.3 °C / 33 °F-10.6 °C / 13 °F13 mm / 0.5 inneither best nor good
March8.5 °C / 47 °F-2.9 °C / 27 °F20 mm / 0.8 inneither best nor good
April17.1 °C / 63 °F4.7 °C / 40 °F46 mm / 1.8 ingood month
May24.4 °C / 76 °F12.1 °C / 54 °F67 mm / 2.6 inbest month
June27.9 °C / 82 °F17.7 °C / 64 °F105 mm / 4.1 ingood month
July29.9 °C / 86 °F21.5 °C / 71 °F171 mm / 6.7 inneither best nor good
August28.9 °C / 84 °F20.2 °C / 68 °F192 mm / 7.5 inneither best nor good
September24.8 °C / 77 °F13.2 °C / 56 °F72 mm / 2.8 inbest month
October17.1 °C / 63 °F4.9 °C / 41 °F48 mm / 1.9 inbest month
November6.5 °C / 44 °F-3.7 °C / 25 °F36 mm / 1.4 inneither best nor good
December-2.5 °C / 28 °F-12.3 °C / 10 °F10 mm / 0.4 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May, September–October
Good
April, June
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 46 mm / 1.8 in, share of daylight that is sunny 74%, average daily high 17.1 °C / 63 °F, feels like (high) 13.2 °C / 56 °F, wet days 6.5 days, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, relative humidity 49%, average daily low 4.7 °C / 40 °F.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.9 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 24.4 °C / 76 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 72%, precipitation 67 mm / 2.6 in, wet days 7.9 days, days with heavy rain 2.4 days, average daily low 12.1 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 53%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.3 °C / 83 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 69%, average daily high 27.9 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 105 mm / 4.1 in, average daily low 17.7 °C / 64 °F, relative humidity 66%, wet days 10.8 days, days with heavy rain 3.8 days.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.6 °C / 76 °F, average daily high 24.8 °C / 77 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 75%, precipitation 72 mm / 2.8 in, wet days 7.8 days, days with heavy rain 2.2 days, average daily low 13.2 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: precipitation 48 mm / 1.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 81%, feels like (high) 13.8 °C / 57 °F, average daily high 17.1 °C / 63 °F, wet days 6 days, days with heavy rain 1.4 days, relative humidity 62%, average daily low 4.9 °C / 41 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is 天桥沟滑雪场, 129 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -9.6 °C-5.1 °C3.7 °C13.2 °C21.9 °C28.3 °C33.1 °C32 °C24.6 °C13.8 °C1.9 °C-7.7 °C
Days with heavy rain 0.1 days0.3 days0.5 days1.6 days2.4 days3.8 days4.9 days5.7 days2.2 days1.4 days0.9 days0.1 days
Time rain usually falls 1 am8 pm12 pm3 pm3 pm4 pm8 pm5 am3 pm9 am1 pm9 am
Sunshine per day 8.4 h9 h10 h9.9 h10.5 h10.5 h9.7 h9.3 h9.4 h8.9 h7.5 h7.8 h
Relative humidity 58%50%50%49%53%66%76%79%71%62%62%59%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202541.3 µg/m³39.5 µg/m³35.8 µg/m³33.8 µg/m³29 µg/m³35.3 µg/m³34.2 µg/m³34.3 µg/m³30.3 µg/m³32.4 µg/m³35.5 µg/m³37.9 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202573 µg/m³69.5 µg/m³61.6 µg/m³53.6 µg/m³46.2 µg/m³56.4 µg/m³55.1 µg/m³57.1 µg/m³51 µg/m³55.8 µg/m³63 µg/m³70.5 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

World Heritage sites nearby

UNESCO World Heritage sites within 25 km, nearest first.

  • Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang

    1 km away

Other places in China

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).