Climate averages 1991–2020

Dunhua weather
in August.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.2°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall 158 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a warm month in Dunhua: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiaohe (82 km away). In August its highs average 25.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Dunhua, with 188 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhua ranks joint 833rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 428th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Dunhua is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Dunhua climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Dunhua, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-10.2°C-20.9°C	-20.9°C	7.8	1.9	9.49 h
February	-5.6°C-17.2°C	-17.2°C	14	3.3	10.510 h
March	2.3°C-9.3°C	-9.3°C	30	6.8	11.912 h
April	12.0°C-0.2°C	-0.2°C	52	9.6	13.413 h
May	18.4°C6.6°C	6.6°C	89	13.5	14.715 h
June	22.9°C12.6°C	12.6°C	108	15.0	15.315 h
July	25.2°C16.5°C	16.5°C	174	15.4	15.115 h
August, selected	24.2°C15.8°C	15.8°C	158	14.8	14.014 h
September	19.5°C9.3°C	9.3°C	68	8.9	12.513 h
October	11.4°C1.2°C	1.2°C	43	7.9	11.111 h
November	0.9°C-7.9°C	-7.9°C	29	5.8	9.710 h
December	-7.9°C-17.6°C	-17.6°C	12	3.4	9.09 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

Distance from Dunhua

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dunhua) is explained once on the Dunhua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.