Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ankang: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ankang, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 198th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 80th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ankang is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Xixiang in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 203 mm rain
- Chengxiang in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Shangluo in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Shiyan in AugustChina · 165 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Chenggu in AugustChina · 166 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Xi’an in AugustChina · 176 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Hanfeng in AugustChina · 178 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Xianyang in AugustChina · 187 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 138 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.