Climate averages 1991–2020
Anshun weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Anshun: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liuzhi (51 km away). In August its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Anshun, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Anshun ranks joint 805th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 503rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Anshun is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 165 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Anshun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 63 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 13.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 92 | 18.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 192 | 20.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 301 | 22.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 237 | 22.2 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 25.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 165 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 128 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 114 | 16.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 14.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 68 | 12.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 11.6 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Liuzhi in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Guiyang in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Xingren in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 240 mm rain
- Liupanshui in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Bijie in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Anlong in AugustChina · 135 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 206 mm rain
- Duyun in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Xingyi in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 172 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Anshun) is explained once on the Anshun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.