Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuyao 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 Yuyao: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cixi (17 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Yuyao, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuyao ranks joint 86th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 661st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yuyao is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 146 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
Yuyao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 80 | 10.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 72 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 14.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 118 | 13.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 125 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 161 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 293 | 17.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 32.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 174 | 14.9 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 183 | 17.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 146 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 82 | 7.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 71 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 66 | 7.8 | 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
- Cixi in AugustChina · 17 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Shangyu in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Ningbo in AugustChina · 43 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Fenghua in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 196 mm rain
- Shaoxing in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 156 mm rain
- Haining in AugustChina · 70 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Xiaoshan in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Jiaxing in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 161 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 Yuyao) is explained once on the Yuyao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.