Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingxiang weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Pingxiang: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xishan (35 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Pingxiang, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingxiang ranks joint 71st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 656th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Pingxiang is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 97 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
Pingxiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 74 | 11.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 90 | 12.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 200 | 18.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 279 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 297 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 334 | 19.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 185 | 15.9 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 182 | 17.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 97 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 66 | 7.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 86 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 7.7 | 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
- Xishan in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Yichun in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 182 mm rain
- Guankou in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Xiangtan in AugustChina · 97 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Changsha in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Xinyu in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Dunhou in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 147 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 Pingxiang) is explained once on the Pingxiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.