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Hangzhou in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Hangzhou is hot: highs near 94°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Hangzhou is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 46 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
94°F34°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
13h 12mon average

Is August a good time to visit Hangzhou?

August sits outside Hangzhou's best months, which run from 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 94°F in August, against 51°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in August, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in August, against 24% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in August, against 34% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

13h 12m in August, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m 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 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August94°34°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September85°29°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Hangzhou sits, in August

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:26 AMsets 6:42 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai163 km north-east

The land around Hangzhou, 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 Hangzhou

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hangzhou. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m). 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.