Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinsha weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Jinsha: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantong (20 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Jinsha, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinsha ranks joint 347th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 627th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinsha is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 96 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
Jinsha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 56 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 10.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 90 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 24.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 111 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 226 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 198 | 15.1 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 178 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 96 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 53 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 39 | 6.1 | 10.110 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
- Nantong in AugustChina · 20 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Juegang in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Rugao in AugustChina · 56 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in AugustChina · 56 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Changshu in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 172 mm rain
- Chengqiao in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Huilong in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 153 mm rain
- Taicang in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 166 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 Jinsha) is explained once on the Jinsha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.