Climate averages 1991–2020
Shangyu weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shangyu: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuyao (27 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Shangyu, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shangyu ranks joint 39th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 417th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shangyu is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 116 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
Shangyu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 82 | 10.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 76 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 125 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 131 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 166 | 13.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 305 | 17.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 33.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 172 | 13.8 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 157 | 15.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 63 | 7.7 | 10.310 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
- Yuyao in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 183 mm rain
- Shaoxing in AugustChina · 28 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Cixi in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Haining in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Xiaoshan in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Fenghua in AugustChina · 65 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 196 mm rain
- Ningbo in AugustChina · 67 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Zhuji in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 147 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 Shangyu) is explained once on the Shangyu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.