Climate averages 1991–2020

Hepo 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.

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 264 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Hepo · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Hepo: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 23 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 Anliu (33 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Hepo, with 210 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hepo ranks joint 238th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 800th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Hepo is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 264 mm to 173 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Hepo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Hepo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 19.1°C9.9°C9.9°C385.510.911 h
February 20.4°C11.8°C11.8°C588.011.411 h
March 23.3°C14.8°C14.8°C9412.412.012 h
April 26.4°C18.6°C18.6°C13914.412.713 h
May 28.7°C22.0°C22.0°C20619.913.313 h
June 29.9°C24.5°C24.5°C26122.813.614 h
July 31.1°C25.1°C25.1°C20821.413.413 h
August, selected 31.0°C24.9°C24.9°C26423.412.913 h
September 30.0°C23.4°C23.4°C17315.912.312 h
October 28.1°C19.9°C19.9°C546.311.612 h
November 25.0°C15.8°C15.8°C445.211.011 h
December 20.3°C11.1°C11.1°C404.910.711 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

Distance from Hepo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hepo) is explained once on the Hepo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.