Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhonghe 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 Zhonghe: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhongduo (49 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Zhonghe, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhonghe ranks joint 362nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 364th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhonghe is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 122 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
Zhonghe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 76 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 10.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 133 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 184 | 18.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 241 | 18.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 268 | 18.5 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 240 | 18.0 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 151 | 15.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 12.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 130 | 13.4 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhongduo in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Jishou in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Fenghuang in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Tongren (Guizhou), China in AugustChina · 84 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Chongqing), China in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 173 mm rain
- Hanjia in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Huaihua in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Wulong (approximate) in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 162 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 Zhonghe) is explained once on the Zhonghe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.