Climate averages 1991–2020
Jing’an weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Jing’an: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 312 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 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Macau (26 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Jing’an, with 317 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jing’an ranks joint 434th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 854th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jing’an is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 312 mm to 223 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
Jing’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 46 | 8.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 77 | 12.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 130 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 230 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 289 | 22.7 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 249 | 21.3 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 312 | 23.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 223 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 78 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 4.5 | 10.811 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
- Macau in AugustMacao · 26 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 317 mm rain
- Zhuhai in AugustChina · 29 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 317 mm rain
- Zhongshan in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 286 mm rain
- Jiangmen in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 283 mm rain
- Taishan in AugustChina · 53 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 291 mm rain
- Nantou, China in AugustChina · 57 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Changsha, China in AugustChina · 65 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 272 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in AugustHong Kong · 67 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 312 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 Jing’an) is explained once on the Jing’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.