Climate averages 1991–2020
Suining weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Suining: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zitong (44 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Suining, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Suining ranks joint 155th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 517th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Suining is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 115 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
Suining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 22 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 102 | 12.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 156 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 204 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 166 | 14.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 115 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 79 | 13.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 7.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.0°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 23 | 6.2 | 10.210 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
- Zitong in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Nanchong in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Bachuan in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Hechuan in AugustChina · 88 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Longgang, China in AugustChina · 91 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Ziyang in AugustChina · 99 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Guang’an in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Longshui in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 184 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 Suining) is explained once on the Suining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.