Nanning weather in August

In August, Nanning sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 246 mm of rain across 22.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nanning's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nanning's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
246 mm
22.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:27 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
74%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Nanning is capital of Guangxi, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36.4 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
174/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nanning reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Nanning

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nanning weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 11°518.510.85.4
Feb19° / 13°378.211.25.9
Mar22° / 16°7712.711.85.9
Apr27° / 20°10614.212.55.4
May30° / 24°22720.213.13.6
Jun32° / 26°26222.613.42.7
Jul32° / 26°24521.813.32.7
Aug32° / 26°24622.312.82.7
Sep31° / 24°15714.712.13.9
Oct28° / 21°738.211.56.2
Nov24° / 17°567.810.97.2
Dec19° / 12°457.510.66.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
62278
72179
82278
92179
102377
112377
122377
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nanning gets around 246 mm of rain over 22.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
172
273
373
474
574
674
775
875
976
1076
1176
1276
1376
1476
1575
1674
1774
1873
1972
2072
2171
2270
2369
2468
2567
2666
2765
2864
2963
3063
3162

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10694
20694
30595
40595
50595
60496
70496
80496
90496
100595
110595
120694
130694
140793
150892
160991
1701090
1801189
1911287
2011386
2111584
2211683
2311782
2411980
2522078
2622276
2722375
2822573
2922672
3032770
3132869

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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108calm
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128calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:217:25
213.06:217:24
313.06:227:24
413.06:227:23
513.06:237:22
613.06:237:22
713.06:237:21
812.96:247:20
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1012.96:257:19
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1312.96:267:17
1412.86:267:16
1512.86:277:15
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1812.86:287:13
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2012.76:287:11
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 4.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nanning

In seasonPeak

In August, Nanning sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Nanning sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Nanning's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Nanning?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nanning.

What to pack for Nanning in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Nanning sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nanning in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nanning peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 13UV 11Jan 11UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec6High

Air quality in Nanning in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Nanning is worst in January — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (July, 22 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Nanning's WHO annual average of 36.4 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1747 µg/m³Jul 1222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr42Poor
May31Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov41Poor
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Nanning?

Nanning sits at 22.8°N, 108.3°E, 91 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Móng Cái, 148 km away.

Topography around Nanning

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nanning.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nanning has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,709 m.

The land around Nanning is covered by artificial surfaces (77%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
1,709 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Móng Cái 148 km · Thị Trấn Đầm Hà 179 km · Thị Trấn Trùng Khánh 184 km · Thị Trấn Na Dương 187 km · Thị Trấn Tiên Yên 190 km · Lạng Sơn 193 km · Thị Trấn Thất Khê 199 km · Thị Trấn Ba Chẽ 202 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nanning (22.8167°, 108.3167°, elevation 91 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).