Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuxi 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 Wuxi: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°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 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyin (38 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Wuxi, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuxi ranks joint 198th 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; Wuxi is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 88 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
Wuxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 70 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 74 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 103 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 110 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 134 | 10.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 261 | 13.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 179 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 168 | 14.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 88 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 59 | 6.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 62 | 7.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 48 | 6.6 | 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 · 38 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Changzhou in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 168 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Suzhou in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Changshu in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Yixing in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 184 mm rain
- Songling in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Kunshan in AugustChina · 67 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 166 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 Wuxi) is explained once on the Wuxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.