Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongduo weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhongduo: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhonghe (49 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Zhongduo, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongduo ranks joint 613th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 617th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhongduo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 133 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
Zhongduo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 86 | 13.3 | 10.511 h |
| February | 9.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 103 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 13.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 154 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 201 | 19.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 249 | 19.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 267 | 20.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 268 | 21.1 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 176 | 19.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 133 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 145 | 14.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 95 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 9.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 60 | 11.0 | 10.310 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
- Zhonghe in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 173 mm rain
- Hanjia in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 162 mm rain
- Jishou in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Nanbin in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 160 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 Zhongduo) is explained once on the Zhongduo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.