Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhijiang 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 Zhijiang: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhicheng (28 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Zhijiang, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhijiang ranks joint 198th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 552nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhijiang is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 97 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
Zhijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 46 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 74 | 10.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 109 | 11.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 218 | 13.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 246 | 16.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 170 | 14.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 97 | 9.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 83 | 9.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 59 | 7.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.210 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
- Zhicheng in AugustChina · 28 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AugustChina · 43 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Buhe in AugustChina · 48 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Yichang in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Jingmen in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Jinshi in AugustChina · 91 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Duobao in AugustChina · 94 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Xiulin in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 132 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 Zhijiang) is explained once on the Zhijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.