Climate averages 1991–2020
Tai Po 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 Tai Po: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
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 Sha Tin (8 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tai Po, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Hong Kong, Tai Po ranks joint 1st 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; Tai Po is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.6°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
Tai Po climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 20.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 68 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 122 | 14.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 229 | 20.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 314 | 23.8 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 243 | 22.9 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 308 | 23.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 203 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°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
- Sha Tin in AugustHong Kong · 8 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 308 mm rain
- Kwai Chung in AugustHong Kong · 10 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 307 mm rain
- Shenzhen in AugustChina · 15 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Hong Kong in AugustHong Kong · 19 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 307 mm rain
- Tuen Mun in AugustHong Kong · 21 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.0°C · 313 mm rain
- Bao'an Centre in AugustChina · 30 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 313 mm rain
- San Tung Chung Hang in AugustHong Kong · 30 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 312 mm rain
- Longgang in AugustChina · 32 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 Tai Po) is explained once on the Tai Po year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sha Tin lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.