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Satellite view of Qingdao Wan; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

Qingdao Wan

ChinaShandong · China · Yellow Sea

36.0569, 120.3142 · Qingdao, 6 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 27°High · August
  • 7.4 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Qingdao Wan. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Qingdao Wan in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high15°C at night
  • 21°CSea temperature
  • 5.8 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month26 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 160Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 40 kmAirport: Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (TAO)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 21.7 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September26 °C
Most sunshineApril and May7 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and December11 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan7°5 h11 mm
  2. Feb5°5 h18 mm
  3. Mar6°7 h18 mm
  4. Apr9°7 h38 mm
  5. May14°7 h68 mm
  6. Jun19°6 h73 mm
  7. Jul24°5 h178 mm
  8. Aug26°5 h170 mm
  9. Sep24°6 h76 mm
  10. Oct21°6 h26 mm
  11. Nov16°5 h38 mm
  12. Dec11°5 h16 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7°Feb: 5°Mar: 6°Apr: 9°May: 14°Jun: 19°Jul: 24°Aug: 26°Sep: 24°Oct: 21°Nov: 16°Dec: 11°26°5°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 0°)Feb: 2 °C (High 5° / Low 0°)Mar: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 3°)Apr: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)May: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Jun: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 19°)Jul: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Aug: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Sep: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Oct: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Nov: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Dec: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 2°)26°2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 11 mm11Feb: 18 mmMar: 18 mmApr: 38 mmMay: 68 mmJun: 73 mmJul: 178 mm178Aug: 170 mmSep: 76 mmOct: 26 mmNov: 38 mmDec: 16 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.0 hFeb: 5.3 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 7.3 hMay: 7.4 h7.4Jun: 6.1 hJul: 4.8 hAug: 5.4 hSep: 6.0 hOct: 5.8 hNov: 5.0 hDec: 4.7 h4.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Qingdao Wan: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Qingdao Wan: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January4071125.019
February5051835.318
March8361837.118
April13893857.318
May1913146877.416
June2319197396.114
July262324178154.814
Augustwarmest sea272426170165.415
September2520247676.015
October2015212645.817
November139163845.020
December62111634.721

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Qingdao Wan: The Coast of Qingdao - panoramio - Jie Yang (1)
Photo: Jie Yang · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Qingdao Wan: 军港之夜 - panoramio
Photo: 山海风 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Qingdao Wan: 青岛海滨之夜 - panoramio
Photo: 山海风 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 21 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202021 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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