August is the last month of summer in China, and is usually a hot, muggy and rainy month.
The
temperatures are high almost everywhere, except in the north-east, in the northernmost part of Manchuria (see Tahe), on the plateau of Tibet, especially in the highest areas and north of Lhasa, and on the highest mountains.
Sometimes
heat waves can occur, even in the center-north, during which the temperature can reach or exceed 35 °C (95 °F), while in the Turpan depression it can exceed 45 °C (113 °F).
The
rains are quite rare in the deserts of the north-west (and very rare in some areas), while in the rest of the country they are generally abundant.
The
sun shines more often in the north than in the south.
In August we are also in the period in which China, in the part close to the sea (therefore the south and east), can be hit by
typhoons, the tropical cyclones of eastern Asia.
The
sea is warm enough to swim in anywhere.
China - Climate data in August| City | Temperature | Rain | Sun | Daylight |
|---|
| (north to south) | Min°C
(°F) | Max°C
(°F) | mm
(in) | Days | Hours | Hours |
|---|
Tahe
(360 m.) | 10
(50) | 24
(75) | 105
(4.1) | 9 | 6.3 | 14.6 |
|---|
| Harbin | 18
(64) | 27
(80) | 120
(4.7) | 11 | 8.0 | 14.0 |
|---|
Urumqi
(650 m.) | 19
(67) | 30
(86) | 25
(1) | 6 | 9.7 | 13.9 |
|---|
Baotou
(1,050 m.) | 16
(61) | 28
(82) | 80
(3.1) | 10 | 8.2 | 13.7 |
|---|
| Beijing | 21
(69) | 31
(88) | 120
(4.7) | 11 | 6.7 | 13.7 |
|---|
Kashgar
(1,300 m.) | 18
(64) | 30
(87) | 8
(0.3) | 4 | 9.3 | 13.6 |
|---|
| Shanghai | 26
(79) | 32
(90) | 215
(8.5) | 12 | 6.0 | 13.2 |
|---|
Lhasa
(3,650 m.) | 11
(51) | 22
(72) | 135
(5.3) | 20 | 6.9 | 13.2 |
|---|
Chongqing
(250 m.) | 24
(76) | 34
(92) | 135
(5.3) | 11 | 5.4 | 13.2 |
|---|
| Fuzhou | 25
(78) | 34
(93) | 170
(6.7) | 12 | 6.4 | 13.0 |
|---|
Kunming
(1,900 m.) | 16
(61) | 25
(77) | 185
(7.3) | 21 | 4.7 | 13.0 |
|---|
| Guangzhou | 26
(78) | 33
(92) | 270
(10.6) | 14 | 5.4 | 12.9 |
|---|
See also: China, the weather in
July -
SeptemberThe climate of
China