Climate averages 1991–2020
Bachuan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bachuan: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hechuan (26 km away). In August its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Bachuan, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bachuan ranks joint 86th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 542nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Bachuan is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 131 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
Bachuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 28 | 8.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 32 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 67 | 12.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 108 | 13.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 145 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 184 | 15.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 187 | 16.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 169 | 15.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 131 | 14.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 97 | 15.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 34 | 8.7 | 10.310 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
- Hechuan in AugustChina · 26 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Bishan in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 153 mm rain
- Longgang, China in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Beibei in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Longshui in AugustChina · 42 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Zitong in AugustChina · 42 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Qinggang in AugustChina · 46 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Yongchuan in AugustChina · 57 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 149 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 Bachuan) is explained once on the Bachuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.