Climate averages 1991–2020
Chenzhou weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Chenzhou: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leiyang (69 km away). In August its highs average 33.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Chenzhou, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chenzhou ranks joint 64th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 617th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Chenzhou is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 88 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
Chenzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 60 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 13.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 72 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 17.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 151 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 196 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 240 | 18.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 258 | 18.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 123 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 176 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 88 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 67 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 12.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 7.7 | 10.611 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
- Leiyang in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Lecheng in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Shaoguan in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Hengyang in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Lianzhou in AugustChina · 131 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 144 mm rain
- Maba in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Shixing in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Xiongzhou in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 158 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 Chenzhou) is explained once on the Chenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.