Climate averages 1991–2020
Huainan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Huainan: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th 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 Bengbu (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Huainan, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huainan ranks joint 326th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 446th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Huainan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 78 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
Huainan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 62 | 7.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 90 | 8.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 147 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 210 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 160 | 14.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 78 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 50 | 5.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 41 | 6.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.010 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
- Bengbu in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Hefei in AugustChina · 89 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Mingguang in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Wuyang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Lu’an in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Suzhou, China in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Fuyang in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 164 mm rain
- Chuzhou in AugustChina · 127 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 174 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 Huainan) is explained once on the Huainan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.