Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanjiang weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhanjiang: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 268 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuchuan (46 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Zhanjiang, with 297 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhanjiang ranks joint 238th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 811th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhanjiang is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 268 mm to 182 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
Zhanjiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 26 | 5.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 101 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 207 | 19.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 248 | 21.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 31.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 216 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 268 | 24.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 182 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.712 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 31 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Wuchuan in AugustChina · 46 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 297 mm rain
- Lianjiang in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Huazhou in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 303 mm rain
- Maoming in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 340 mm rain
- Shankou in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 330 mm rain
- Gaozhou in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 267 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AugustChina · 91 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 303 mm rain
- Gongguan in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 319 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 Zhanjiang) is explained once on the Zhanjiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.