Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoshan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shaoshan: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiangxiang (20 km away). In August its highs average 32.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Shaoshan, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoshan ranks joint 80th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 196th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shaoshan is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 81 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
Shaoshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 68 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 84 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 157 | 16.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 185 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 227 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 265 | 17.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 32.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 180 | 12.9 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 81 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 60 | 7.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 64 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.410 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
- Xiangxiang in AugustChina · 20 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Xiangtan in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Changsha in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Loudi in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Zhuzhou in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Heshan in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Gantang in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 140 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 Shaoshan) is explained once on the Shaoshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.