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Shanghai in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Shanghai is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Shanghai is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 48 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
13h 14mon average

Is August a good time to visit Shanghai?

August sits outside Shanghai's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about four 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 91°F in August, against 50°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 10°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in August, against 20% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in August, against 35% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

13h 14m in August, against 10h 09m to 14h 09m 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. July90°32°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 79°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September84°29°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Shanghai sits, in August

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:19 AMsets 6:39 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
31.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hangzhou163 km south-west

The land around Shanghai, 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 Shanghai

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Shanghai. 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.