Climate averages 1991–2020
Wenchang weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wenchang: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 259 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qionghai (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Wenchang, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wenchang ranks joint 217th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 792nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wenchang is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 259 mm to 247 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
Wenchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| February | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 8.2 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 174 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.313 h |
| July | 31.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 191 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 259 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 247 | 22.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 58 | 10.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 11.011 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
- Qionghai in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 234 mm rain
- Qiongshan in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Haikou in AugustChina · 72 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 231 mm rain
- Wanning in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Xucheng in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Nada in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 261 mm rain
- Dacheng in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 261 mm rain
- Wuzhishan in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 274 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 Wenchang) is explained once on the Wenchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.