Climate averages 1991–2020
Danshui, China weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Danshui, China: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 299 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longgang (23 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Danshui, China, with 329 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Danshui, China ranks joint 362nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 847th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Danshui, China is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 299 mm to 191 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
Danshui, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 74 | 10.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 128 | 13.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 236 | 20.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 320 | 23.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 234 | 23.2 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 299 | 24.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 191 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 55 | 6.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 36 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 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
- Longgang in AugustChina · 23 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 329 mm rain
- Pingshan in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 326 mm rain
- Huizhou in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 296 mm rain
- Luoyang, China in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 291 mm rain
- Tai Po in AugustHong Kong · 49 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 308 mm rain
- Shenzhen in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Sha Tin in AugustHong Kong · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 308 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in AugustHong Kong · 59 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 307 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 Danshui) is explained once on the Danshui, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.