Climate averages 1991–2020
Jianshui weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Jianshui: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chuxiong (90 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Jianshui, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jianshui ranks joint 853rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 832nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jianshui is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 212 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
Jianshui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 65 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 49 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 176 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 279 | 25.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 334 | 29.5 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 23.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 287 | 27.7 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 212 | 24.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 160 | 20.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 72 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
- Chuxiong in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Longquan in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Lincang in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Yuxi in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Ning’er in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 363 mm rain
- Micheng in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Anning in AugustChina · 146 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 231 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 Jianshui) is explained once on the Jianshui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.