Climate averages 1991–2020
Dandong weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Dandong: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (45 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Dandong, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dandong ranks joint 676th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 749th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Dandong is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 85 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
Dandong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 112 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 225 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.49 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
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 234 mm rain
- Kuandian in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Xiuyan in AugustChina · 97 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Paek'ak in AugustNorth Korea · 127 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 165 mm rain
- Gongchangling in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 210 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in AugustNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 285 mm rain
- Benxi in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 210 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 Dandong) is explained once on the Dandong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.