Climate averages 1991–2020
San Tung Chung Hang 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 San Tung Chung Hang: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 312 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuen Mun (13 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as San Tung Chung Hang, with 313 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Hong Kong, San Tung Chung Hang ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 30.0°C; San Tung Chung Hang is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 312 mm to 204 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
San Tung Chung Hang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 35 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 58 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 107 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 209 | 17.9 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 302 | 22.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 246 | 21.2 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 312 | 22.7 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 204 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 70 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 34 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 29 | 3.8 | 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
- Tuen Mun in AugustHong Kong · 13 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in AugustHong Kong · 22 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 307 mm rain
- Hong Kong in AugustHong Kong · 24 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 307 mm rain
- Sha Tin in AugustHong Kong · 27 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 308 mm rain
- Tai Po in AugustHong Kong · 30 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 308 mm rain
- Shenzhen in AugustChina · 32 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Zhuhai in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.3°C · 317 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 San Tung Chung Hang) is explained once on the San Tung Chung Hang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.