Climate averages 1991–2020

Fu’an weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.8°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 246 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Fu’an: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Songcheng (42 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Fu’an, with 283 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Fu’an ranks joint 96th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 780th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Fu’an is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 246 mm to 140 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Fu’an climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Fu’an, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	14.4°C5.8°C	5.8°C	54	8.0	10.611 h
February	15.8°C6.9°C	6.9°C	62	9.7	11.211 h
March	18.9°C9.7°C	9.7°C	112	14.2	12.012 h
April	23.5°C14.2°C	14.2°C	115	14.6	12.813 h
May	26.8°C18.6°C	18.6°C	193	16.2	13.513 h
June	29.6°C22.4°C	22.4°C	279	19.1	13.814 h
July	32.8°C24.9°C	24.9°C	191	18.0	13.714 h
August, selected	31.8°C24.4°C	24.4°C	246	22.3	13.113 h
September	29.2°C21.6°C	21.6°C	140	14.8	12.312 h
October	25.4°C16.5°C	16.5°C	58	7.2	11.512 h
November	20.8°C12.0°C	12.0°C	61	7.9	10.811 h
December	16.2°C6.9°C	6.9°C	50	7.1	10.510 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

Distance from Fu’an

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fu’an) is explained once on the Fu’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.