Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanchang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd 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 Nanchang: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poyang (86 km away). In August its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Nanchang, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanchang ranks joint 47th 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; Nanchang is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 73 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
Nanchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 9.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 12.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 91 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 170 | 16.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 195 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 228 | 15.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 338 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.9°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 188 | 13.1 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 32.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 136 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 73 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 53 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 7.0 | 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
- Poyang in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 26.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Jinfeng in AugustChina · 88 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in AugustChina · 93 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Bashan in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Jiujiang in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Yingtan in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Xiugu in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Wuxue in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 146 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 Nanchang) is explained once on the Nanchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.