Guanting Weather in August
Guanting in August
The short of it: Guanting in August averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 98 mm · daylight 13 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & August
Thirty years of records give Guanting an average August high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 98 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 98 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 24 min in mid-August, 47 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and August.
Against its neighbours, Guanting runs about middling and drier than most in August. Dongshan, 11 km to the SW, is 3° cooler by day.
August in Guanting, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DongshanGansu | 11 km SW | 20° | 11° | 102 mm |
| LianghekouGansu | 15 km SSW | 25° | 15° | 95 mm |
| Zhouqu ChengguanzhenGansu | 16 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 97 mm |
| NanyangGansu | 19 km NNE | 22° | 12° | 101 mm |
| HanyuanGansu | 21 km NE | 22° | 12° | 103 mm |
| ShawanGansu | 21 km S | 25° | 15° | 96 mm |
| XinzhaiGansu | 24 km SE | 23° | 13° | 98 mm |
| FengdieGansu | 27 km W | 24° | 14° | 98 mm |