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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 550 mm more rain a year, and Sintra the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year

Wetter Shanghai 550 mm more a year

Sunnier Sintra 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Shanghai 6°C 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 550 mm 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 (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	8	10	14	20	25	28	32	32	28	23	18	11
Sintra	14	16	18	20	23	26	28	29	27	22	18	15
Difference	+6	+6	+4	—	-2	-2	-4	-3	-1	—	—	+4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	8	10	14	20	25	28
Sintra	14	16	18	20	23	26
Difference	+6	+6	+4	—	-2	-2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	32	32	28	23	18	11
Sintra	28	29	27	22	18	15
Difference	-4	-3	-1	—	—	+4

Avg low (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	2	4	7	12	17	22	26	26	22	17	11	4
Sintra	8	9	10	12	14	16	18	18	17	15	11	9
Difference	+6	+5	+4	—	-3	-5	-8	-7	-5	-2	+1	+5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	2	4	7	12	17	22
Sintra	8	9	10	12	14	16
Difference	+6	+5	+4	—	-3	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	26	26	22	17	11	4
Sintra	18	18	17	15	11	9
Difference	-8	-7	-5	-2	+1	+5

Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	73	64	93	73	84	213	151	217	88	63	57	45
Sintra	86	63	64	56	54	10	4	5	30	93	111	97
Difference	+12	-1	-29	-17	-30	-203	-147	-212	-58	+29	+53	+52

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Shanghai	73	64	93	73	84	213
Sintra	86	63	64	56	54	10
Difference	+12	-1	-29	-17	-30	-203

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Shanghai	151	217	88	63	57	45
Sintra	4	5	30	93	111	97
Difference	-147	-212	-58	+29	+53	+52

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