Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanping weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Nanping: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanming (71 km away). In August its highs average 33.6°C, about as warm as Nanping, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanping ranks 2nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 354th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Nanping is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 96 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
Nanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 66 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 81 | 11.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 155 | 16.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 174 | 16.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 223 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 271 | 17.5 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 123 | 13.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 33.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 150 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.511 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
- Sanming in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Shaowu in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Wuyishan in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Fuzhou in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Ningde in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Fu’an in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Putian in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Qincheng in AugustChina · 175 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 142 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 Nanping) is explained once on the Nanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.