Climate averages 1991–2020
Wansheng weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wansheng: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nanchuan (27 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Wansheng, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wansheng ranks joint 115th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 533rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wansheng is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 127 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
Wansheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 49 | 12.5 | 10.511 h |
| February | 13.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 95 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 140 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 195 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 19.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 168 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 136 | 17.6 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 90 | 14.0 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 12.5 | 10.310 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
- Nanchuan in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Gunan in AugustChina · 28 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Banan in AugustChina · 60 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Luohuang in AugustChina · 64 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Jijiang in AugustChina · 75 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Chongqing in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Degan in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Baisha (Chongqing), China in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 150 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 Wansheng) is explained once on the Wansheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.