Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuyishan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wuyishan: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 8th 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 Shaowu (71 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Wuyishan, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuyishan ranks joint 25th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 713th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wuyishan is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 203 mm to 117 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
Wuyishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 93 | 11.7 | 10.611 h |
| February | 14.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 110 | 13.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 226 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 249 | 17.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 305 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 415 | 21.4 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 190 | 15.6 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 203 | 18.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 117 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 64 | 7.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 84 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 75 | 9.0 | 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
- Shaowu in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Shangrao in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Huayuan in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Yingtan in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Xiugu in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Nanping in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Jianchang in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Jinfeng in AugustChina · 150 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 148 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 Wuyishan) is explained once on the Wuyishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.