Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinan weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Jinan: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changqing (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Jinan, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinan ranks joint 402nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 404th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinan is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 52 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
Jinan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 51 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 67 | 7.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 160 | 12.5 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 155 | 12.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 30 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.2°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 7.8 | 2.0 | 9.710 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
- Changqing in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 163 mm rain
- Mingshui in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 178 mm rain
- Feicheng in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Tai’an in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Pingyin in AugustChina · 65 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 162 mm rain
- Zhoucun in AugustChina · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 173 mm rain
- Boshan in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 176 mm rain
- Laiwu in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 165 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 Jinan) is explained once on the Jinan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.