Climate averages 1991–2020
Loushanguan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Loushanguan: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zunyi (51 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Loushanguan, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Loushanguan ranks joint 648th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 234th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Loushanguan is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 116 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
Loushanguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 52 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 9.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 12.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 96 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 137 | 18.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 201 | 19.2 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 212 | 19.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 170 | 18.1 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 136 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 139 | 18.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 14.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 79 | 14.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 12.5 | 10.410 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
- Zunyi in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Wansheng in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 168 mm rain
- Gulin in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Gunan in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Nanchuan in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Hejiang in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Xuyong in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 210 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 Loushanguan) is explained once on the Loushanguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.