Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laojunmiao (262 km away). In August its highs average 23.3°C, 10.1°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks 4th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Dunhuang is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.6 mm to 2.5 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
Dunhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 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
- Laojunmiao in AugustChina · 262 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AugustChina · 309 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Hami in AugustChina · 312 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AugustChina · 330 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Zhangye in AugustChina · 513 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Turpan in AugustChina · 552 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 672 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 706 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.