Climate averages 1991–2020
Baotou weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Baotou: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (38 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Baotou, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Baotou ranks joint 676th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Baotou is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 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
Baotou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.4°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 2.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 38 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 81 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 81 | 8.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 54 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.7°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 9.39 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
- Shiguai in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Salaqi in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Dongsheng in AugustChina · 94 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Ordos in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Hohhot in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Bayan Nur in AugustChina · 207 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Yulinshi in AugustChina · 263 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 265 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 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 Baotou) is explained once on the Baotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.