Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaili weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kaili: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Duyun (58 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kaili, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaili ranks joint 620th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 313th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Kaili is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 106 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
Kaili climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 45 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 53 | 10.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 100 | 16.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 17.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 208 | 19.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 227 | 20.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 188 | 18.7 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 146 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 106 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 90 | 11.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 53 | 9.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 35 | 7.9 | 10.511 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
- Duyun in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Dushan in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Liping in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 159 mm rain
- Guiyang in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Zunyi in AugustChina · 162 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AugustChina · 173 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Loushanguan in AugustChina · 207 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Anshun in AugustChina · 207 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 165 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 Kaili) is explained once on the Kaili year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.