Climate averages 1991–2020
Leiyang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Leiyang: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hengyang (59 km away). In August its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Leiyang, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Leiyang ranks joint 5th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 262nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Leiyang is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 82 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
Leiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 69 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 77 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 152 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 200 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 240 | 17.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 251 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 133 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 33.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 139 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 7.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 53 | 7.8 | 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
- Hengyang in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Chenzhou in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Yongzhou in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Gantang in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Lecheng in AugustChina · 150 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in AugustChina · 151 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Xishan in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 139 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 Leiyang) is explained once on the Leiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.