Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th 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 Jinniu (124 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 5.0°C warmer than Lijiang, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks 875th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 825th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Lijiang is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 277 mm to 249 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in AugustChina · 131 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 242 mm rain
- Dali in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 275 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 202 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AugustChina · 167 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Micheng in AugustChina · 172 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in AugustChina · 179 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 296 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 222 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.