Shanghai is typically warm in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +82°F to +73°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +72°F to +61°F.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Shanghai:

October often has better weather than September. It’s getting colder in October. From +82°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +73°F. As October arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 127 mm to 69 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 76% to 73%. Winds are calmer in comparison to September, going down from 3 m/s to 2 m/s on average. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in October, from 6 to 12.

November brings much the same weather, it remains good.

The climate in Shanghai in October has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+65°F) and the highest in 2016 (+72°F). The driest year was 2003 with only 716 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2023 with 3129 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Shanghai, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.