Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zhongshan: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 286 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantou, China (24 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Zhongshan, with 276 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshan ranks joint 238th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 830th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhongshan is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 286 mm to 197 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
Zhongshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 41 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 76 | 11.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 137 | 14.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 238 | 20.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 283 | 22.4 | 13.513 h |
| July | 31.0°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 221 | 21.6 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 286 | 23.5 | 12.913 h |
| September | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 197 | 16.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 31 | 4.3 | 10.811 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
- Nantou, China in AugustChina · 24 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Jiangmen in AugustChina · 31 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 283 mm rain
- Zhuhai in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 317 mm rain
- Jing’an in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 312 mm rain
- Daliang in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 276 mm rain
- Macau in AugustMacao · 40 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 317 mm rain
- Humen in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 296 mm rain
- Shiqiao in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 264 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 Zhongshan) is explained once on the Zhongshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.