Climate averages 1991–2020
Putian weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Putian: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quanzhou (72 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Putian, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Putian ranks joint 326th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 805th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Putian is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 265 mm to 152 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
Putian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 41 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 100 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 191 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 28.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 245 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
| July | 31.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 178 | 15.3 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 265 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 152 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 52 | 4.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 5.1 | 10.611 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
- Quanzhou in AugustChina · 72 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 245 mm rain
- Fuzhou in AugustChina · 75 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Jinjiang in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Xiamen in AugustChina · 142 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Ningde in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 287 mm rain
- Nanping in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Sanming in AugustChina · 166 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 173 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 Putian) is explained once on the Putian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.