Climate averages 1991–2020

Suzhou, China weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 31.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 24.0°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 245 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Suzhou · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Suzhou, China: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Suixi (34 km away). In July its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Suzhou, China, with 235 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suzhou, China ranks joint 327th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 772nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Suzhou, China is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 157 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.8°C-2.6°C-2.6°C234.210.210 h
February 9.8°C-0.3°C-0.3°C284.911.011 h
March 14.8°C4.2°C4.2°C436.012.012 h
April 21.4°C10.2°C10.2°C485.913.013 h
May 26.8°C16.0°C16.0°C756.813.914 h
June 30.6°C20.8°C20.8°C1337.914.314 h
July, selected 31.3°C24.0°C24.0°C24515.114.214 h
August 30.2°C23.2°C23.2°C15713.713.413 h
September 26.8°C18.4°C18.4°C807.912.412 h
October 22.1°C12.3°C12.3°C504.811.411 h
November 15.1°C5.4°C5.4°C365.410.510 h
December 8.7°C-0.7°C-0.7°C203.810.010 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Suzhou

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 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.