Climate averages 1991–2020
Shankou 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 Shankou: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 330 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baisha (Guangxi), China (13 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Shankou, with 303 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shankou ranks joint 326th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 868th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shankou is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 330 mm to 200 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
Shankou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 21.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 46 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 24.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 95 | 11.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 298 | 20.7 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.7°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 297 | 21.2 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 330 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 200 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 66 | 7.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 40 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.811 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
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AugustChina · 13 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 303 mm rain
- Gongguan in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 319 mm rain
- Hepu in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 343 mm rain
- Lianjiang in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Beihai in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 27.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Xichang, China in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.6°C · 341 mm rain
- Zhanjiang in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Huazhou in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 303 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 Shankou) is explained once on the Shankou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.