Zhangjiajie weather in August

In August, Zhangjiajie sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 165 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Zhangjiajie's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zhangjiajie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
165 mm
16.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:11 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
68%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Zhangjiajie is prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 29 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
46/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

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical August day in Zhangjiajie reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 18 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
18
heat index over the day's high
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.

Zhangjiajie weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7110.54.510.30.7
Feb / 9611.32.5111.7
Mar14° / 15015.80.911.83.3
Apr20° / 12°22016.2012.75.0
May24° / 17°24716.5013.45.6
Jun27° / 20°29318.2013.85.0
Jul30° / 23°31719.9013.73.9
Aug29° / 22°16516.90134.4
Sep25° / 19°11111.3012.26.3
Oct20° / 14°11511.5011.36.0
Nov15° / 9210.40.210.54.2
Dec / 468.31.610.21.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zhangjiajie gets around 165 mm of rain over 16.9 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 54% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1001117018
2001126918
3001136818
4001136818
5002146618
6002166418
7002176417
8002186317
9002206216
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13003265912
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25021140434
26021241414
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28031542373
29031643353
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:027:26
213.46:027:26
313.46:037:25
413.36:047:24
513.36:047:24
613.36:057:23
713.36:057:22
813.36:067:21
913.26:077:20
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1313.16:097:17
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1513.16:107:15
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1713.06:117:13
1813.06:127:12
1913.06:127:11
2012.96:137:10
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2712.86:177:02
2812.76:177:01
2912.76:187:00
3012.76:186:59
3112.66:196:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.73 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 4.73 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 4.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Zhangjiajie

In seasonPeak

In August, Zhangjiajie sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Zhangjiajie's rainy season runs March–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Zhangjiajie?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Zhangjiajie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zhangjiajie in August

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

In August, Zhangjiajie sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zhangjiajie in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zhangjiajie peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 13UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Zhangjiajie 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 Zhangjiajie is worst in March — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Zhangjiajie's WHO annual average of 29 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1438 µg/m³Jul 2116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr34Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zhangjiajie?

Zhangjiajie sits at 29.1°N, 110.5°E, 174 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Fenghuang, 158 km away.

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Topography around Zhangjiajie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zhangjiajie has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,365 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,831 m.

The land around Zhangjiajie is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
380 m
16 km
1,365 m
80 km
1,831 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Fenghuang 158 km · Chongqing 383 km · Wuhan 399 km · Guilin 428 km · Guiyang 466 km · Yangshuo 484 km · Xi'an 589 km · Songyang 639 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 Zhangjiajie (29.1294°, 110.4783°, elevation 174 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. 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).