Climate averages 1991–2020
Micheng weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 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 Micheng: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th 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 Xiangcheng (16 km away). In August its highs average 23.3°C, 1.9°C cooler than Micheng, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Micheng ranks joint 799th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 744th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Micheng is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 145 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
Micheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 31 | 4.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 43 | 6.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 90 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 147 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| July | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 226 | 26.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 25.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 220 | 25.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 13.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 19.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 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
- Xiangcheng in AugustChina · 16 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 202 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AugustChina · 22 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Dali in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 275 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 242 mm rain
- Jinniu in AugustChina · 52 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Chuxiong in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 mm rain
- Jianshui in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 287 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 Micheng) is explained once on the Micheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.