Climate averages 1991–2020
Zigong weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zigong: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neijiang (39 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Zigong, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zigong ranks joint 276th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 726th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zigong is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 114 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
Zigong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 22 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 25 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 92 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 153 | 16.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 230 | 20.3 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 210 | 18.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 26.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 114 | 14.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 67 | 14.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 37 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 12.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 23 | 6.9 | 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
- Neijiang in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Nanxi in AugustChina · 59 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Fuji, China in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Yibin in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Luocheng in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Baixi in AugustChina · 75 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Changyuan in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Luzhou in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 173 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 Zigong) is explained once on the Zigong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.