Climate averages 1991–2020
Gongguan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gongguan: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 319 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baisha (Guangxi), China (13 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Gongguan, with 303 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gongguan ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 862nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Gongguan is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 319 mm to 188 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
Gongguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 33 | 5.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 21.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 55 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 103 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 204 | 18.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 314 | 22.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 296 | 22.3 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 319 | 25.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 188 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 66 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 43 | 6.0 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 5.0 | 10.811 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
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AugustChina · 13 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 303 mm rain
- Shankou in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 330 mm rain
- Hepu in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 343 mm rain
- Beihai in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 27.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Xichang, China in AugustChina · 70 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 341 mm rain
- Lianjiang in AugustChina · 72 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Qinzhou in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Zhanjiang in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 268 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 Gongguan) is explained once on the Gongguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.