Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincang weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Lincang: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 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 12 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jianshui (123 km away). In August its highs average 23.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Lincang, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lincang ranks joint 783rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 827th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Lincang is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 194 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
Lincang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 21.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 137 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 203 | 25.8 | 13.614 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 308 | 29.2 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 25.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 281 | 28.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 194 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 130 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 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
- Jianshui in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 287 mm rain
- Ning’er in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 363 mm rain
- Menglang in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Pu'er in AugustChina · 151 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 342 mm rain
- Longling County in AugustChina · 163 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 389 mm rain
- Menghuan in AugustChina · 165 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 375 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 167 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 mm rain
- Micheng in AugustChina · 167 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 220 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 Lincang) is explained once on the Lincang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.