Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshan 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 Jinshan: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 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 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhujing (15 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Jinshan, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshan ranks joint 291st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 354th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinshan is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 100 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
Jinshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 70 | 9.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 112 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 118 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 140 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 267 | 14.6 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 146 | 11.3 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 150 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 100 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 61 | 5.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 59 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 7.2 | 10.210 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
- Zhujing in AugustChina · 15 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Fengxiang in AugustChina · 17 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Nanqiao in AugustChina · 17 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Songjiang in AugustChina · 23 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Xinqiao in AugustChina · 26 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Minhang in AugustChina · 31 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Xiayang in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Qingpu in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 163 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 Jinshan) is explained once on the Jinshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.