Climate averages 1991–2020
Songlou weather
in August.
A hot, 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 Songlou: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huashan (14 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Songlou, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Songlou ranks joint 378th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 525th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Songlou is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 76 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
Songlou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 45 | 5.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 65 | 6.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 100 | 7.8 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 205 | 14.4 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 167 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 76 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
- Huashan in AugustChina · 14 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Fengcheng (Jiangsu), China in AugustChina · 15 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Zhangzhai in AugustChina · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Shouxian in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Huankou in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Peicheng in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Anguo in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Zhangzhuang in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 169 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 Songlou) is explained once on the Songlou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.