Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanming weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd 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 Sanming: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanping (71 km away). In August its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Sanming, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanming ranks 3rd 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; Sanming is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 103 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
Sanming climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 81 | 11.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 156 | 16.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 180 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 222 | 17.9 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 251 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 145 | 13.7 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 33.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 173 | 17.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 103 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 17.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 51 | 6.6 | 10.511 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
- Nanping in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Shaowu in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Longyan in AugustChina · 144 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Xujiang in AugustChina · 145 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Qincheng in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Putian in AugustChina · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 265 mm rain
- Fuzhou in AugustChina · 170 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 240 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 Sanming) is explained once on the Sanming year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.