Climate averages 1991–2020
Chengde weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Chengde: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lingyuan (125 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Chengde, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chengde ranks joint 631st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 113th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Chengde is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 61 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
Chengde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.7°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 13 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 27 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 101 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 152 | 13.7 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 114 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 13 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 3.6 | 1.2 | 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
- Lingyuan in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Sanhe in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in AugustChina · 137 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in AugustChina · 141 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Linxi in AugustChina · 144 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Shunyi in AugustChina · 144 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Tangshan in AugustChina · 147 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Tongzhou in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 129 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 Chengde) is explained once on the Chengde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.