Climate averages 1991–2020
Yancheng weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Yancheng: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dazhong (33 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Yancheng, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yancheng ranks joint 434th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 672nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yancheng is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 93 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
Yancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 9.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 57 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 92 | 8.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 159 | 10.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 246 | 16.3 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 49 | 6.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 52 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 32 | 5.0 | 10.010 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
- Dazhong in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Hede in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 180 mm rain
- Xinghua in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Dongtai in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Dongkan in AugustChina · 78 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Baoying in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Gaoyou in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Jiangyan in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 187 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 Yancheng) is explained once on the Yancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.