Climate averages 1991–2020

Suzhou, China weather
in August.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 23.2°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 157 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Suzhou, China: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Suixi (34 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Suzhou, China, with 160 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suzhou, China ranks joint 378th 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; Suzhou, China is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 80 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Suzhou, China climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Suzhou, China, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.8°C-2.6°C	-2.6°C	23	4.2	10.210 h
February	9.8°C-0.3°C	-0.3°C	28	4.9	11.011 h
March	14.8°C4.2°C	4.2°C	43	6.0	12.012 h
April	21.4°C10.2°C	10.2°C	48	5.9	13.013 h
May	26.8°C16.0°C	16.0°C	75	6.8	13.914 h
June	30.6°C20.8°C	20.8°C	133	7.9	14.314 h
July	31.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	245	15.1	14.214 h
August, selected	30.2°C23.2°C	23.2°C	157	13.7	13.413 h
September	26.8°C18.4°C	18.4°C	80	7.9	12.412 h
October	22.1°C12.3°C	12.3°C	50	4.8	11.411 h
November	15.1°C5.4°C	5.4°C	36	5.4	10.510 h
December	8.7°C-0.7°C	-0.7°C	20	3.8	10.010 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

Distance from Suzhou

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Suzhou) is explained once on the Suzhou, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.