Destination brief
Jiangsu, China
Travel Score
86
out of 100
In short
A good time to go.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
Great weather and steady: Mon Oct 26 and Tue Oct 27
Average weather score 93 out of 100, the best of 3 two- and three-day runs in the forecast.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 88/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 36% chance of rain on Oct 25.
US EPA index 1: Good.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Changshu, JiangsuUpdated 6:15 AM local time
19°C
Patchy rain nearby
Feels like 17°High 22° · Low 17°
Rain now
22%
Rain today
36% chance
Humidity
92%
Wind
23 km/h NNE
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 61 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 68 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
CulturalChina · Nationwide
Feb 6–20, 2027In 104 days
The Spring Festival, from the new year on 6 February in 2027 to the Lantern Festival on 20 February.
US EPA index
1 / 6
GoodAir quality is good. Enjoy time outdoors.
No known advisory
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
6:27 AM
Sunday, October 25
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 25
22° 17°
Patchy rain nearby · 36% rain
Mon
Oct 26
23° 15°
Sunny · 8% rain
Tue
Oct 27
20° 14°
Sunny · 17% rain
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Mandarin Chinese is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Changshu is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: April, May and October. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
7° -2°
Cold
About 51 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Cold | 7° / -2° | 51 mm | 59 |
| February | Cold | 10° / 0° | 60 mm | 64 |
| March | Cool | 15° / 3° | 65 mm | 79 |
| April | Pleasant | 21° / 9° | 84 mm | 92 |
| May | Pleasant | 26° / 15° | 83 mm | 93 |
| June | Wet | 30° / 20° | 167 mm | 73 |
| July | Wet | 32° / 24° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 205 mm |
| 60 |
| August | Wet | 31° / 24° | 162 mm | 68 |
|---|
| September | Pleasant | 28° / 19° | 109 mm | 88 |
|---|
| October | Pleasant | 23° / 13° | 61 mm | 96 |
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| November | Cool | 17° / 7° | 61 mm | 86 |
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| December | Cold | 10° / 0° | 38 mm | 68 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 6.68 CNY, as of 24 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Suzhou
42 km away · 6.7M people
87Good to travel
19°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefWuxi
45 km away · 4.4M people
88Good to travel
19°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefKunshan
36 km away · 2.1M people
85Good to travel
19°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefNantong
43 km away · 2.3M people
86Good to travel
19°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefJiading
55 km away · 1.9M people
85Good to travel
20°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.