Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganzhou weather
in August.
A hot, 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 Ganzhou: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiongzhou (103 km away). In August its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Ganzhou, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ganzhou ranks joint 22nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 604th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ganzhou is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 96 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
Ganzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 15.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 71 | 10.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 149 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 173 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 232 | 17.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 258 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 33.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 175 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 96 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 54 | 5.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 55 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 6.4 | 10.611 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
- Xiongzhou in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Shixing in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Dunhou in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Ji’an in AugustChina · 141 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Xujiang in AugustChina · 177 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Lecheng in AugustChina · 178 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Shaoguan in AugustChina · 179 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 208 mm rain
- Maba in AugustChina · 186 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 208 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 Ganzhou) is explained once on the Ganzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.