Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th 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 Thimphu (212 km away). In August its highs average 19.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Rikaze, with 350 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks 881st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 410th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Rikaze is 10.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 79 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 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
- Thimphu in AugustBhutan · 212 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 350 mm rain
- Gangtok in AugustIndia · 216 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 908 mm rain
- Dārjiling in AugustIndia · 254 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 548 mm rain
- Jaigaon in AugustIndia · 271 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 657 mm rain
- Lhoka in AugustChina · 280 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Siliguri in AugustIndia · 286 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 576 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in AugustIndia · 304 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 669 mm rain
- Dharān in AugustNepal · 313 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 371 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.