Weekly note
Hangzhou
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The numbers

Daily high33°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon39°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more10 · 199 mm
Humidity78%
Sunshine9.2 h/day
Daylight13.9 h/day
Days over 35°C11
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre, by West Lake, 25 km from the airport (HGH): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

July: about usual. Busiest in August, September and November; quietest in January and February.

Hangzhou in pictures

What to pack

  • Light, loose clothes: daily highs average 33°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 10 or so rainy days.
  • Plan the middle of the day indoors: 11 days a month pass 35°C.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Renminbi. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for China: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Hangzhou: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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