Climate averages 1991–2020
Dasha weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd 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 Dasha: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 297 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guangzhou (20 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Dasha, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dasha ranks joint 134th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 845th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Dasha is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 297 mm to 186 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
Dasha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 40 | 5.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 53 | 8.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 119 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 199 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 318 | 21.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 389 | 23.8 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 258 | 23.0 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 297 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 186 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 4.8 | 10.711 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
- Guangzhou in AugustChina · 20 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Shiqiao in AugustChina · 20 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Dongguan in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Foshan in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Daliang in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Shijie in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 291 mm rain
- Humen in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Licheng in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 275 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 Dasha) is explained once on the Dasha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.