Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mengzi (38 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China ranks joint 733rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 344th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 91 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
Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| June | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 120 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 160 | 19.4 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 25.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 91 | 14.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 22 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.711 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
- Mengzi in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 273 mm rain
- Gejiu in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 266 mm rain
- Miyang in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Zhongshu in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 197 mm rain
- Wenshan City in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Yuxi in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Haikou, China in AugustChina · 141 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Lào Cai in AugustVietnam · 151 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 268 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 Kaiyuan) is explained once on the Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.