Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in August.
A cool, 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 cool month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In August its highs average 20.9°C, 8.9°C warmer than Gengqing, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 374th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Gengqing is 17.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in AugustChina · 198 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Kangding in AugustChina · 380 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Ya'an in AugustChina · 468 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 329 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AugustChina · 520 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in AugustChina · 537 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Chengdu in AugustChina · 537 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Meishan in AugustChina · 539 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 276 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.