Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhenzhou weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhenzhou: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhenjiang (28 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Zhenzhou, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhenzhou ranks joint 291st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 576th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhenzhou is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 85 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
Zhenzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 52 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 76 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 88 | 9.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 115 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 209 | 11.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 233 | 15.2 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 173 | 14.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 85 | 8.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 57 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 6.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 10.110 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
- Zhenjiang in AugustChina · 28 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 171 mm rain
- Yangzhou in AugustChina · 28 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Xiannü in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Nanjing in AugustChina · 44 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Gaoyou in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Taizhou (Jiangsu), China in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 185 mm rain
- Taixing in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Chuzhou in AugustChina · 82 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 174 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 Zhenzhou) is explained once on the Zhenzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.