Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuzhishan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wuzhishan: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 274 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanya (59 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Wuzhishan, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuzhishan ranks joint 498th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 817th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wuzhishan is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 274 mm to 248 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
Wuzhishan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 21 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| March | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 35 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 97 | 14.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 186 | 22.6 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 188 | 23.6 | 13.213 h |
| July | 29.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 248 | 24.4 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 274 | 26.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 248 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 15.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 53 | 7.1 | 11.311 h |
| December | 22.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 24 | 3.9 | 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
- Sanya in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 261 mm rain
- Yaxing in AugustChina · 78 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 250 mm rain
- Dacheng in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 261 mm rain
- Nada in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 261 mm rain
- Wanning in AugustChina · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Basuo in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 340 mm rain
- Qionghai in AugustChina · 113 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 234 mm rain
- Sandu in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 276 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 Wuzhishan) is explained once on the Wuzhishan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.