Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaoyou 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 Gaoyou: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 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 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinghua (40 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Gaoyou, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gaoyou ranks joint 402nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 627th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Gaoyou is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 88 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
Gaoyou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 42 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 8.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 65 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 72 | 7.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 101 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 171 | 10.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 230 | 15.2 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 178 | 14.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 52 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 52 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 8.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 33 | 5.2 | 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
- Xinghua in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Xiannü in AugustChina · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Yangzhou in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Baoying in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 173 mm rain
- Zhenjiang in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Jiangyan in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 187 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 Gaoyou) is explained once on the Gaoyou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.