Climate averages 1991–2020
Guangyuan weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Guangyuan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donghe (51 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Guangyuan, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guangyuan ranks joint 587th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 672nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Guangyuan is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 193 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
Guangyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 20 | 5.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 43 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 65 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 96 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 139 | 13.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 259 | 20.5 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 186 | 18.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 193 | 16.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 97 | 13.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 48 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 19 | 5.3 | 10.110 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
- Donghe in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Bazhong in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 189 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Pingwu County in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 236 mm rain
- Jiangyou in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Hanzhong in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Longnan (approximate) in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Mianyang in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 214 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 Guangyuan) is explained once on the Guangyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.