Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongshu weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Zhongshu: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 197 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miyang (35 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Zhongshu, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongshu ranks joint 837th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 698th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhongshu is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 197 mm to 117 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
Zhongshu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 17.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 56 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 213 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| July | 24.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 223 | 24.6 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 24.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 197 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 65 | 11.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.611 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
- Miyang in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Kaiyuan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Qujing in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 174 mm rain
- Kunming in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 238 mm rain
- Haikou, China in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Yuxi in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Majie in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 238 mm rain
- Xingyi in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 172 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 Zhongshu) is explained once on the Zhongshu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.