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China in August: where is it warmest?

In August, Changsha is the warmest place with 33 °C by day, Shangri-La City the coolest with 17 °C. 11 of 43 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in August, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Changsha	38	33°	–	7 h	13
Hangzhou	33	33°	29°	6 h	15
Wuhan	44	32°	–	7 h	12
Suzhou	40	32°	–	6 h	14
Fuzhou	31	32°	28°	6 h	19
Guangzhou	29	32°	–	6 h	22
Foshan	29	32°	–	6 h	21
Kashgar	74	31°	–	10 h	3
Kaifeng	49	31°	–	5 h	12
Zhengzhou	47	31°	–	5 h	13
Luoyang	46	31°	–	5 h	12
Hefei	46	31°	–	7 h	13
Ningbo	45	31°	–	7 h	14
Shanghai	43	31°	–	6 h	15
Nanjing	43	31°	–	6 h	14
Zhangjiajie	42	31°	–	6 h	15
Haikou	41	31°	29°	7 h	21
Xiamen	38	31°	28°	7 h	20
Guilin	38	31°	–	6 h	16
Quanzhou	37	31°	28°	7 h	17
Dongguan	31	31°	–	6 h	23
Xi'an	59	30°	–	6 h	9
Beijing	58	30°	–	7 h	11
Tianjin	56	30°	–	7 h	12
Jinan	53	30°	–	6 h	12
Shantou	45	30°	28°	7 h	22
Sanya	42	30°	29°	6 h	25
Wenzhou	41	30°	29°	7 h	20
Zhuhai	40	30°	29°	6 h	23
Shenzhen	38	30°	29°	6 h	24
Chengdu	35	30°	–	4 h	19
Ürümqi	94	28°	–	10 h	4
Lanzhou	72	28°	–	6 h	10
Qingdao	69	28°	26°	6 h	13
Shenyang	69	28°	–	7 h	12
Dalian	82	27°	25°	7 h	9
Hohhot	87	26°	–	8 h	9
Changchun	76	26°	–	8 h	13
Harbin	73	26°	–	7 h	14
Ulanqab	85	25°	–	8 h	10
Kunming	55	23°	–	5 h	23
Lhasa	64	20°	–	7 h	24
Shangri-La City	48	17°	–	4 h	28

China in August: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in August are Changsha (33 °C), Hangzhou (33 °C) and Wuhan (32 °C).

China in August: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Hangzhou (29 °C), Haikou (29 °C) and Sanya (29 °C).

China in August: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in August – warm, sunny and dry – is in Ürümqi, Hohhot and Ulanqab.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences