Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 6.8°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks 869th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 604th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhaotong is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 121 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Liupanshui in AugustChina · 137 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Bijie in AugustChina · 155 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Xichang in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Xunchang in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 248 mm rain
- Shuifu in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Baixi in AugustChina · 174 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Changning in AugustChina · 183 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 212 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.