Climate averages 1991–2020
Mingguang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mingguang: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bengbu (59 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Mingguang, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Mingguang ranks joint 326th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 590th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Mingguang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 88 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
Mingguang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 97 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 9.8 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 223 | 15.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 174 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 88 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 47 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 27 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Bengbu in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 169 mm rain
- Chuzhou in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Huainan in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Nanjing in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Qiuji in AugustChina · 113 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 175 mm rain
- Hefei in AugustChina · 120 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 154 mm rain
- Suicheng in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Zhenzhou in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 173 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 Mingguang) is explained once on the Mingguang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.