Climate averages 1991–2020
Baiyin weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Baiyin: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lanzhou (62 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Baiyin, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baiyin ranks joint 771st of 884 for the warmest August highs and 52nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Baiyin is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Baiyin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 3.4 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.1°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 9.5 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 18 | 4.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 6.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 59 | 8.6 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 20.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 14.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 29 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 7.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 0.9°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Dingxi in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Zhongwei in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Guyuan in AugustChina · 199 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 205 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Luomen in AugustChina · 214 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 115 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 Baiyin) is explained once on the Baiyin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.