Climate averages 1991–2020

Longyan weather
in August.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 223 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a hot month in Longyan: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhangzhou (90 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Longyan, with 263 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Longyan ranks joint 198th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 745th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Longyan is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 126 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Longyan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Longyan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	17.2°C7.8°C	7.8°C	62	7.7	10.811 h
February	18.5°C9.7°C	9.7°C	97	11.2	11.311 h
March	21.2°C12.7°C	12.7°C	167	17.0	12.012 h
April	24.9°C16.7°C	16.7°C	194	17.6	12.713 h
May	27.5°C20.2°C	20.2°C	246	20.8	13.313 h
June	29.2°C22.6°C	22.6°C	264	22.2	13.714 h
July	31.4°C23.5°C	23.5°C	180	19.0	13.514 h
August, selected	31.2°C23.5°C	23.5°C	223	20.8	13.013 h
September	29.7°C21.7°C	21.7°C	126	15.5	12.312 h
October	27.2°C17.6°C	17.6°C	56	6.9	11.612 h
November	23.4°C13.2°C	13.2°C	49	6.4	10.911 h
December	18.5°C8.5°C	8.5°C	50	6.3	10.611 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

Distance from Longyan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Longyan) is explained once on the Longyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.