Climate averages 1991–2020
Puqi 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 Puqi: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xindi (42 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Puqi, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Puqi ranks joint 86th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 206th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Puqi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 93 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
Puqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 12.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 85 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 14.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 181 | 13.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 203 | 13.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 267 | 15.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 229 | 14.6 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 133 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 68 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 8.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 41 | 6.5 | 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
- Xindi in AugustChina · 42 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Xianning in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Xiantao in AugustChina · 84 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Yueyang in AugustChina · 85 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Caidian in AugustChina · 97 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Wuhan in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Hanchuan in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Daye in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°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 Puqi) is explained once on the Puqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.