Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong 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 Datong: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 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 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (40 km away). In August its highs average 25.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Datong, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks joint 733rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 66th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Datong is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 67 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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Beichengqu in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AugustChina · 101 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Hohhot in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Yuanping in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Xuanhua in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Xinzhou in AugustChina · 193 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 103 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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.