Climate averages 1991–2020
Yueyang 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 Yueyang: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 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 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xindi (61 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Yueyang, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yueyang ranks joint 96th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 181st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yueyang is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 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
Yueyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 88 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 143 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 211 | 14.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 243 | 14.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 295 | 15.8 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 235 | 13.6 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 31.8°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 130 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 89 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 73 | 8.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 41 | 6.8 | 10.310 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
- Xindi in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Xiulin in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Puqi in AugustChina · 85 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Heshan in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Xiantao in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in AugustChina · 118 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Jinshi in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Xianning in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 137 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 Yueyang) is explained once on the Yueyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.