Climate averages 1991–2020
Changzhou weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Changzhou: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyin (33 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Changzhou, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changzhou ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 533rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Changzhou is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Changzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 58 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 95 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 121 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 248 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 200 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 168 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 51 | 6.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 37 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Jiangyin in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Wuxi in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Taixing in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Yixing in AugustChina · 48 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 184 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in AugustChina · 56 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Licheng, China in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Zhenjiang in AugustChina · 68 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Changshu in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 172 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changzhou) is explained once on the Changzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.