Chengdu Weather in August
Chengdu in August
The short of it: Chengdu in August averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 22 °C (72 °F), with 211 mm (8.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 22° · rain 211 mm · daylight 13 h 15 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Chengdu an average August high of 30°, a low of 22° and some 211 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 211 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 15 min in mid-August, 42 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Chengdu runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Tianpeng, 38 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Chengdu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 19 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TianpengSichuan | 38 km NNW | 30° | 21° | 242 mm |
| DeyangSichuan | 60 km NNE | 30° | 22° | 218 mm |
| LinqiongSichuan | 64 km WSW | 31° | 22° | 337 mm |
| MeishanSichuan | 73 km SSW | 31° | 23° | 323 mm |
| Mianzhu, Deyang, SichuanSichuan | 76 km N | 30° | 21° | 227 mm |
| LuojiangSichuan | 82 km NNE | 30° | 22° | 214 mm |
| ZiyangSichuan | 82 km SE | 31° | 23° | 206 mm |
| MianyangSichuan | 107 km NNE | 31° | 22° | 215 mm |