Climate averages 1991–2020
Gejiu weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Gejiu: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mengzi (23 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Gejiu, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gejiu ranks joint 849th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 807th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Gejiu is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 266 mm to 135 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
Gejiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 17.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 113 | 15.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 166 | 22.3 | 13.514 h |
| July | 23.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 255 | 25.7 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 23.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 266 | 26.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 22.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 135 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 11.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 15.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.711 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
- Mengzi in AugustChina · 23 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 273 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Wenshan City in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Miyang in AugustChina · 120 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Yuxi in AugustChina · 127 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Lào Cai in AugustVietnam · 128 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Zhongshu in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 197 mm rain
- Haikou, China in AugustChina · 168 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 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 Gejiu) is explained once on the Gejiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.