Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hami: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In August its highs average 33.4°C, about as warm as Hami, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 7th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Hami is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.6 mm to 2.2 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in AugustChina · 312 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Turpan in AugustChina · 353 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AugustChina · 486 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 490 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 505 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in AugustChina · 517 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AugustChina · 522 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AugustChina · 542 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.