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Beijing in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Beijing is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Beijing is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
13h 41mon average

Is August a good time to visit Beijing?

August sits outside Beijing's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in August, against 38°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in August, against 3°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in August, against 4% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in August, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

13h 41m in August, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July93°34°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Beijing sits, in August

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:25 AMsets 7:13 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai1068 km south-east

The land around Beijing, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Beijing

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beijing. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.