Wuhan weather in August

In August, Wuhan sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 128 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Wuhan's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wuhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:53 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Wuhan is capital city of Hubei Province, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 52.5 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
1,213/km²
people per km²
Founded
~1500 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Wuhan reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Wuhan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
15 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Wuhan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 537.91.610.21.5
Feb11° / 729.40.610.92.6
Mar16° / 109120.211.84.5
Apr22° / 15°16212012.76.1
May27° / 20°19112.7013.56.0
Jun30° / 24°27513.9013.94.5
Jul33° / 27°23713.2013.83.3
Aug32° / 26°12812.1013.13.7
Sep28° / 22°968.4012.26.1
Oct23° / 16°667.5011.27.2
Nov17° / 547.40.110.55.5
Dec11° / 325.80.510.12.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wuhan gets around 128 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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439
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10011089
20011188
30011287
40021385
50021484
60021682
70031780
80031879
90032077
100042175
110042373
120042472
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140052768
150062965
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2302103949
2402113947
2503124045
2603134143
2713154140
2814164138
2914184236
3015194233
3115214231

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:447:14
213.55:457:13
313.55:457:12
413.45:467:12
513.45:477:11
613.45:477:10
713.45:487:09
813.35:487:08
913.35:497:07
1013.35:507:06
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1213.25:517:05
1313.25:527:04
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1513.15:537:02
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1713.15:547:00
1813.15:556:58
1913.05:556:57
2013.05:566:56
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2612.86:006:49
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3112.76:036:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.03 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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284.7Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Wuhan

In seasonPeak

In August, Wuhan sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Wuhan sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Wuhan's rainy season runs April–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Wuhan?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wuhan. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Wuhan in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Wuhan sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Wuhan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wuhan peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Jan 13UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Wuhan in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Wuhan is worst in January — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 30 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Wuhan's WHO annual average of 52.5 µg/m³.

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1273 µg/m³Jul 2230 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May48Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep41Poor
Oct53Poor
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec72Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Wuhan?

Wuhan sits at 30.6°N, 114.3°E, 20 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Zhangjiajie, 399 km away.

ZhangjiajieTunxiSongyangNanjingZhengzhouLuoyangFenghuangPingyao

Topography around Wuhan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Wuhan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wuhan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 929 m.

The land around Wuhan is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (48%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
929 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Zhangjiajie 399 km · Tunxi 401 km · Songyang 446 km · Nanjing 459 km · Zhengzhou 468 km · Luoyang 486 km · Fenghuang 540 km · Pingyao 546 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Wuhan (30.5833°, 114.2667°, elevation 20 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).