Climate averages 1991–2020
Hancheng weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Hancheng: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yongji (66 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Hancheng, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hancheng ranks joint 498th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 95th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Hancheng is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Hancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 41 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 58 | 6.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 108 | 11.3 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 104 | 10.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 93 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 8.3 | 2.2 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Yongji in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Yuncheng in AugustChina · 71 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Huayin in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Linfen in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Weinan in AugustChina · 135 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 105 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 Hancheng) is explained once on the Hancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.