Climate averages 1991–2020
Beichengqu weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Beichengqu: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Datong (40 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Beichengqu, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Beichengqu ranks joint 790th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 60th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Beichengqu is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 66 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
Beichengqu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.1°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 28 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 6.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 64 | 10.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 104 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.9°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 13 | 3.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.5°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 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
- Datong in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Hohhot in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in AugustChina · 150 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Xuanhua in AugustChina · 163 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Yuanping in AugustChina · 195 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Salaqi in AugustChina · 224 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 94 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 Beichengqu) is explained once on the Beichengqu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.