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Qingdao in August

good · a good time to go · the warmest month of the year, the wettest month of the year

The year in Qingdao

Tap a month for its page

  1. Qingdao in January: avoid
  2. Qingdao in February: avoid
  3. Qingdao in March: ok, busy
  4. Qingdao in April: sweet spot
  5. Qingdao in May: good, busy
  6. Qingdao in June: sweet spot
  7. Qingdao in July: good
  8. Qingdao in August: good
  9. Qingdao in September: good
  10. Qingdao in October: good
  11. Qingdao in November: good
  12. Qingdao in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
August at Qingdao is 29°C by day and 25°C at night, with 8 rainy days and about 9 hours of sun a day. 29C max, 8 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high29°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon34°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more8 · 180 mm
Humidity82%
Sunshine9.4 h/day
Daylight13.5 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Beach and sea23 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea not measured
Crowds96 / 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 May Fourth Square, by the sea, 42 km from the airport (TAO): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: about usual. Busiest in March; quietest in February, November and December.

Qingdao in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 29°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 8 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 82%; 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 Qingdao: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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