Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanxi 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 Nanxi: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (30 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Nanxi, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Nanxi ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 705th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Nanxi is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 123 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
Nanxi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 33 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 31 | 9.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 13.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 106 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 168 | 17.2 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 212 | 19.2 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 201 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 123 | 15.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 84 | 17.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 36 | 11.2 | 10.310 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
- Changning in AugustChina · 30 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Yibin in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Luzhou in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Baixi in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Xunchang in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 248 mm rain
- Fuji, China in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Zigong in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Shuifu in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 242 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 Nanxi) is explained once on the Nanxi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.