Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongkan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd 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 Dongkan: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hede (47 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Dongkan, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongkan ranks joint 475th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 590th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Dongkan is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 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
Dongkan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 28 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 30 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 52 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 79 | 7.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 129 | 8.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 256 | 16.0 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 174 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 41 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 44 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 25 | 4.0 | 9.910 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
- Hede in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 180 mm rain
- Yancheng in AugustChina · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 186 mm rain
- Lianyungang in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Huai'an in AugustChina · 88 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Baoying in AugustChina · 98 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Dazhong in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Xinghua in AugustChina · 118 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Dongtai in AugustChina · 135 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 189 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 Dongkan) is explained once on the Dongkan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.