Abstract:The data of automatic weather station has been used to analyze the temperature properties at different underlying surfaces in Nanjing. The results showed that temperature change rate after sunrise and sunset in greenbelt was much higher than that on other surfaces, which was over 2 ℃/h in spring and autumn, 1.2 ℃/h in summer and winter. Temperature in greenbelt was lower than that in other sites at night. Water area had the lowest temperature change rate after sunrise and sunset, so its temperature was higher, that was especially obvious in spring and autumn. Temperature change rate in living area and school was a little higher than that in water area, but temperature in living area was higher than greenbelt both during daytime and nighttime, lower than water area. Features of seasonal variation of temperature were also different at different underlying surfaces. In autumn and winter, temperature in water area was high, and in summer temperature in greenbelt was very low, so that these two types of underlying surfaces could reduce the mean annual variation of city temperature. Living area and school had opposite effects. Furthermore, annual variation of temperature was asymmetric. In winter halfyear, monthly variation of temperature was more obvious in water area than that in greenbelt, but in summer halfyear, the situation was the reverse.