Climate averages 1991–2020
Qianjiang (Chongqing), China weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Qianjiang (Chongqing), China: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hanjia (65 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Qianjiang (Chongqing), China, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qianjiang (Chongqing), China ranks joint 558th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 576th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Qianjiang (Chongqing), China is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 127 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
Qianjiang (Chongqing), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 57 | 10.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 9.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 70 | 11.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 14.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 159 | 17.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 204 | 17.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 220 | 18.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 236 | 21.0 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 173 | 18.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 126 | 14.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 85 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 45 | 9.6 | 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
- Hanjia in AugustChina · 65 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Zhongduo in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Nanbin in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Lichuan in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 230 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in AugustChina · 101 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 162 mm rain
- Sanhe, China in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Enshi in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Zhonghe in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 151 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 Qianjiang) is explained once on the Qianjiang (Chongqing), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.