Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanning weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Nanning: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shangsi (81 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nanning, with 265 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanning ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 780th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Nanning is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 246 mm to 156 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
Nanning climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 38 | 8.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 77 | 12.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 106 | 14.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 227 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 262 | 22.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 31.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 245 | 21.8 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 246 | 22.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 156 | 14.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 45 | 7.5 | 10.811 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
- Shangsi in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 265 mm rain
- Qinzhou in AugustChina · 99 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Chongzuo in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 258 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in AugustChina · 117 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 353 mm rain
- Guigang in AugustChina · 135 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 229 mm rain
- Laibin in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 202 mm rain
- Dongxing in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 374 mm rain
- Xichang, China in AugustChina · 147 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 341 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 Nanning) is explained once on the Nanning year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.