Climate averages 1991–2020
Guilin weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Guilin: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yangshuo (59 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Guilin, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guilin ranks joint 276th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 305th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Guilin is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 72 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
Guilin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 97 | 13.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 15.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 107 | 14.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 222 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 283 | 21.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 343 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 373 | 22.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 220 | 20.0 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 72 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 71 | 7.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 89 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| December | 15.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 69 | 9.1 | 10.611 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
- Yangshuo in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Liuzhou in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 194 mm rain
- Liping in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Hezhou in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Wugang in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 158 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AugustChina · 183 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Yizhou in AugustChina · 186 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 202 mm rain
- Laibin in AugustChina · 202 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 202 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 Guilin) is explained once on the Guilin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.