Climate averages 1991–2020
Meishan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Meishan: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 276 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leshan (54 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Meishan, with 242 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Meishan ranks joint 527th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 820th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Meishan is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 276 mm to 120 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
Meishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 36 | 10.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 12.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 32 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 39 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 60 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 123 | 13.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 253 | 20.4 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 276 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 120 | 15.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 65 | 15.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 10.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 28 | 8.1 | 10.310 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
- Leshan in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Chengdu in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Luocheng in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Ziyang in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Ya'an in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 329 mm rain
- Zigong in AugustChina · 120 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Neijiang in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Deyang in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 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 Meishan) is explained once on the Meishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.