Climate averages 1991–2020
Shanting weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Shanting: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chengtangcun (24 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Shanting, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanting ranks joint 527th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 644th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shanting is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 75 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
Shanting climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 14 | 3.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.3°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 31 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 43 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 67 | 6.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 105 | 7.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 239 | 14.8 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 180 | 14.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 75 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 37 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 30 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 9.810 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
- Chengtangcun in AugustChina · 24 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Zaozhuang in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 173 mm rain
- Xiazhen in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Pingyi in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 185 mm rain
- Feicheng, China in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Zoucheng in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Datun in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Peicheng in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 175 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 Shanting) is explained once on the Shanting year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.