Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangtan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xiangtan: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th 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 Zhuzhou (25 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Xiangtan, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangtan ranks joint 34th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 196th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xiangtan is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 89 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
Xiangtan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 77 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 95 | 12.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 195 | 17.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 248 | 17.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 280 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 318 | 17.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 33.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 174 | 12.5 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 132 | 13.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 89 | 9.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 65 | 7.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 81 | 8.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 54 | 7.8 | 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
- Zhuzhou in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Shaoshan in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Changsha in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Xishan in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Guankou in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 134 mm rain
- Yongfeng in AugustChina · 84 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Loudi in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 123 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 Xiangtan) is explained once on the Xiangtan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.