Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangzhou weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhangzhou: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 263 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xiamen (43 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Zhangzhou, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangzhou ranks joint 155th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 798th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhangzhou is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 263 mm to 142 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
Zhangzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 80 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 103 | 12.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 189 | 16.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 253 | 19.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 200 | 18.1 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 263 | 20.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 142 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 43 | 4.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.611 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
- Xiamen in AugustChina · 43 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Longyan in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Ximeicun in AugustChina · 91 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Jinjiang in AugustChina · 99 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Quanzhou in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.4°C · 245 mm rain
- Huanggang (Guangdong), China in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 320 mm rain
- Chaozhou in AugustChina · 142 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 315 mm rain
- Chenghua in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 270 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 Zhangzhou) is explained once on the Zhangzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.