Climate averages 1991–2020
Sha Tin weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the 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 Sha Tin: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 308 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwai Chung (5 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Sha Tin, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Hong Kong, Sha Tin ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest August highs and joint 3rd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 30.0°C; Sha Tin is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 308 mm to 203 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
Sha Tin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 19.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 22.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 68 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 122 | 14.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 229 | 20.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 28.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 314 | 23.8 | 13.513 h |
| July | 29.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 243 | 22.9 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 308 | 23.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 203 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 19.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 29 | 3.9 | 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
- Kwai Chung in AugustHong Kong · 5 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 307 mm rain
- Tai Po in AugustHong Kong · 8 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 308 mm rain
- Hong Kong in AugustHong Kong · 12 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 307 mm rain
- Shenzhen in AugustChina · 22 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Tuen Mun in AugustHong Kong · 22 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 313 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in AugustHong Kong · 27 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 312 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Longgang in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 329 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 Sha Tin) is explained once on the Sha Tin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tai Po lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.