Rear vehicle-body structure of vehicle

A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, including:

• a pair of left and right rear wheel wells to which upper ends of suspension dampers are mounted;
• and a framework member that is disposed on a vehicle rear side of the rear wheel wells and forms an opening edge of a lift gate opening,
• the framework member including:
• a rear header that extends in a vehicle width direction and forms an upper end edge of the lift gate opening;
• and
• rear pillars that extend from the rear header to a vehicle lower side via corner portions positioned on an upper side of the lift gate opening,
• the rear vehicle-body structure comprising:
• a pair of left and right gusset members that connect rear-side portions of the rear wheel wells and the rear pillars to each other;
• and
• a pair of left and right connecting members that connect the rear-side portions of the rear wheel wells and places near the corner portions to each other, wherein
• the gusset members and the connecting members are connected to each other at places near damper tops to which the upper ends of the suspension dampers are mounted.