Climate averages 1991–2020
Fangcheng weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Fangcheng: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 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 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yunyang (34 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Fangcheng, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fangcheng ranks joint 475th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 472nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Fangcheng 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 163 mm to 81 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
Fangcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 39 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 47 | 6.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 78 | 8.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 127 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 204 | 14.5 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 29.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 163 | 14.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 81 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 6.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 40 | 5.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.010 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
- Yunyang in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Nanyang in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Pingdingshan in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Tanghe in AugustChina · 65 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Zhenping in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Zhumadian in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 151 mm rain
- Luohe in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Dengzhou in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 147 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 Fangcheng) is explained once on the Fangcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.