Climate averages 1991–2020

Jinxiang weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 26.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 251 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Jinxiang: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rui’an (39 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Jinxiang, with 228 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinxiang ranks joint 475th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 785th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinxiang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 251 mm to 188 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jinxiang climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jinxiang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.2°C7.2°C7.2°C659.510.611 h
February 13.0°C7.9°C7.9°C7011.111.211 h
March 15.6°C10.3°C10.3°C12014.912.012 h
April 19.8°C14.5°C14.5°C12514.612.813 h
May 23.9°C19.3°C19.3°C18315.513.513 h
June 27.2°C23.4°C23.4°C27216.813.814 h
July 30.0°C26.1°C26.1°C17615.313.714 h
August, selected 29.8°C26.0°C26.0°C25119.513.113 h
September 27.4°C23.5°C23.5°C18815.612.312 h
October 23.4°C19.0°C19.0°C898.411.512 h
November 19.1°C14.5°C14.5°C849.610.811 h
December 14.3°C9.2°C9.2°C608.710.410 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

Distance from Jinxiang

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jinxiang) is explained once on the Jinxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.