Average Rainfall for China in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities in China. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: North China, Northeast China, East China, South Central China, Southwest China and Northwest China.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total rainfall is an average of long-term historical weather data.

North China

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
9	Beijing	Beijing	7.2	182
10	Hailar	Inner Mongolia	3.5	89
–	Hohhot	Inner Mongolia	5.0	128
–	Shijiazhuang	Hebei	6.1	156
9	Taiyuan	Shanxi	3.7	94
11	Tianjin	Tianjin	6.1	155

Northeast China

August averages for total rainfall
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Changchun	Jilin	5.0	127
–	Dalian	Liaoning	5.8	148
–	Harbin	Heilongjiang	4.6	116
8	Qiqihar	Heilongjiang	3.7	94
9	Shenyang	Liaoning	6.2	157

East China

Average amount of rain in August
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Fuzhou	Fujian	6.7	169
9	Ganzhou	Jiangxi	4.8	123
–	Hangzhou	Zhejiang	5.7	145
–	Hefei	Anhui	4.4	111
–	Jinan	Shandong	6.2	158
7	Nanchang	Jiangxi	4.1	103
11	Nanjing	Jiangsu	4.9	124
–	Ningbo	Zhejiang	5.5	140
8	Qingdao	Shandong	6.1	156
8	Shanghai	Shanghai	5.2	133
–	Taipei	Taiwan	4.6	117
–	Xiamen	Fujian	6.1	155

South Central China

Precipitation totals for August
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
–	Changsha	Hunan	4.1	105
13	Guangzhou	Guangdong	8.7	221
–	Guilin	Guangxi	6.6	168
12	Haikou	Hainan Island	8.9	225
15	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	15.4	391
16	Macau	Macau	12.7	323
13	Nanning	Guangxi	8.4	214
10	Shantou	Guangdong	8.5	215
9	Wuhan	Hubei	5.2	132
7	Zhengzhou	Henan	4.6	117

Southwest China

Total rainfall during August
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
12	Chengdu	Sichuan	8.8	224
11	Chongqing	Chongqing	5.4	138
–	Guiyang	Guizhou	5.2	133
16	Kunming	Yunnan	8.1	206

Northwest China

Total precipitation on average for August
Days	Place	Province or Region	Inches	mm
3	Altay	Xinjiang	0.5	14
3	Jiuquan	Gansu	0.7	17
2	Kashi	Xinjiang	0.3	8
8	Lanzhou	Gansu	3.0	76
1	Ruoqiang	Xinjiang	0.1	3
–	Urumqi	Xinjiang	0.6	16
7	Xi'an	Shaanxi	2.6	67
–	Xining	Quinghai	3.0	76
6	Yinchuan	Ningxia	2.0	52