Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengqiao 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 Chengqiao: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luodian (25 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Chengqiao, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengqiao ranks joint 378th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 465th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Chengqiao is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 101 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
Chengqiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 58 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 57 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 85 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 94 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 112 | 9.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 238 | 13.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 176 | 14.5 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 162 | 14.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 10.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 56 | 5.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 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
- Luodian in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Baoshan in AugustChina · 26 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Chongming in AugustChina · 29 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 153 mm rain
- Yanghang in AugustChina · 29 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Jiading in AugustChina · 31 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Huilong in AugustChina · 32 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Taicang in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Putuo in AugustChina · 42 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 154 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 Chengqiao) is explained once on the Chengqiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.