Shanghai in June: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, June in Shanghai has run 21.3–28.7°C with about 266 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Shanghai is actually having, today.
Grow one in Shanghai's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in June in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 23, first autumn frost around Dec 8 — roughly 289 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 6.7 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.8°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-June, then adding up the warmth Shanghai usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🌶️ Chili Pepper | 76 | Aug 29 |
| 🍅 Tomato | 68 | Aug 21 |
| 🍆 Aubergine | 82 | Sep 4 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 34 | Jul 18 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 49 | Aug 2 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 29 | Jul 13 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 31 | Jul 15 |
| 🌱 Microgreens | 5 | Jun 19 |
| 🧅 Onion | 45 | Jul 29 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 37 | Jul 21 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 21 | Jul 5 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 40 | Jul 24 |
Best crops to sow now
- 🌶️ Chili Pepper Ideal about 97 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍅 Tomato Ideal about 87 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍆 Aubergine Ideal about 108 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans Ideal about 40 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower Ideal about 59 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold Ideal about 34 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens Ideal about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌱 Microgreens Ideal about 6 days to harvest 🪴 Windowsill pot — sheltered from outdoor weather
- 🧅 Onion Good about 53 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives Good about 43 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy Good about 23 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot Good about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 25.0°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Coriander — Recent mean 25.0°C is too hot (ideal 8–24°C)
- 🫘 Broad bean — Recent mean 25.0°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
- 🥕 Parsnip — Recent mean 25.0°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
Other months in Shanghai
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Shanghai, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.