Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaifeng 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 Kaifeng: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengzhou (60 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Kaifeng, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaifeng ranks joint 402nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 298th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Kaifeng is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 79 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
Kaifeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 9.7 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 55 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 81 | 7.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 180 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 79 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 9.5 | 2.1 | 9.910 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
- Zhengzhou in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Xinxiang in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Xuchang in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Hebi in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Yuzhou in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 142 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 127 mm rain
- Heze in AugustChina · 117 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Puyang Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 120 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 138 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 Kaifeng) is explained once on the Kaifeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.