Climate averages 1991–2020
Danjiangkou weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Danjiangkou: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laohekou (23 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Danjiangkou, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Danjiangkou ranks joint 291st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 311th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Danjiangkou is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 90 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
Danjiangkou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 19 | 3.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 46 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 85 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 118 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 139 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 145 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 90 | 9.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 69 | 8.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 43 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 17 | 3.9 | 10.110 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
- Laohekou in AugustChina · 23 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Dengzhou in AugustChina · 57 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 147 mm rain
- Shiyan in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Xiangyang in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Zhenping in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Nanyang in AugustChina · 110 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 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 Danjiangkou) is explained once on the Danjiangkou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.