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Shanghai vs Sintra

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Bottom line

Shanghai and Sintra have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Shanghai is the wetter, with 22 in more rain a year, and Sintra the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 2°F on the year

Wetter Shanghai 22 in more a year

Sunnier Sintra 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Shanghai 11°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Shanghai and Sintra, in everyday terms.

Summers

Shanghai has hotter summers

Shanghai: Hot
Sintra: Warm

Winters

Sintra has much milder winters

Shanghai: Chilly
Sintra: Cool

Rain & snow

Shanghai is wetter

Shanghai: Wet
Sintra: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Sintra is sunnier

Shanghai: Often cloudy
Sintra: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Shanghai and Sintra run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Shanghai is the wetter — about 22 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Sintra has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	47	50	57	68	77	82	90	89	82	73	64	52
Sintra	58	60	65	68	73	79	83	84	80	72	64	59
Difference	+11	+10	+8	—	-4	-3	-7	-5	-2	-1	—	+7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	47	50	57	68	77	82
Sintra	58	60	65	68	73	79
Difference	+11	+10	+8	—	-4	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	90	89	82	73	64	52
Sintra	83	84	80	72	64	59
Difference	-7	-5	-2	-1	—	+7

Avg low (°F) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	36	38	44	53	63	71	78	78	72	62	51	40
Sintra	47	48	51	53	57	61	64	65	63	59	53	48
Difference	+11	+9	+7	—	-6	-10	-14	-13	-9	-3	+1	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	36	38	44	53	63	71
Sintra	47	48	51	53	57	61
Difference	+11	+9	+7	—	-6	-10

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	78	78	72	62	51	40
Sintra	64	65	63	59	53	48
Difference	-14	-13	-9	-3	+1	+9

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	2.9	2.5	3.6	2.9	3.3	8.4	5.9	8.5	3.5	2.5	2.3	1.8
Sintra	3.4	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	3.6	4.4	3.8
Difference	+0.5	—	-1.1	-0.7	-1.2	-8	-5.8	-8.3	-2.3	+1.2	+2.1	+2.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	2.9	2.5	3.6	2.9	3.3	8.4
Sintra	3.4	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.1	0.4
Difference	+0.5	—	-1.1	-0.7	-1.2	-8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	5.9	8.5	3.5	2.5	2.3	1.8
Sintra	0.2	0.2	1.2	3.6	4.4	3.8
Difference	-5.8	-8.3	-2.3	+1.2	+2.1	+2.1

Cloud cover (%) Shanghai runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	62	65	67	66	70	79	69	62	63	58	57	54
Sintra	60	58	58	58	53	48	43	41	48	57	60	62
Difference	-2	-7	-9	-8	-17	-31	-26	-21	-15	-1	+3	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	62	65	67	66	70	79
Sintra	60	58	58	58	53	48
Difference	-2	-7	-9	-8	-17	-31

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	69	62	63	58	57	54
Sintra	43	41	48	57	60	62
Difference	-26	-21	-15	-1	+3	+8

Relative humidity (%) Sintra runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	77	78	78	77	76	81	82	81	78	75	76	76
Sintra	83	81	79	78	77	77	78	78	79	81	82	84
Difference	+6	+3	+1	+1	+1	-4	-5	-3	+1	+5	+6	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	77	78	78	77	76	81
Sintra	83	81	79	78	77	77
Difference	+6	+3	+1	+1	+1	-4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	82	81	78	75	76	76
Sintra	78	78	79	81	82	84
Difference	-5	-3	+1	+5	+6	+9

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Shanghai trends → · Sintra trends →

Methodology & sources

Shanghai

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Shanghai, a weather station, about 20 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Sintra

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Lisboa/gago Coutinho, a weather station, about 22 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

← change Shanghai · change Sintra → · Shanghai page · Sintra page