Climate averages 1991–2020
Handan 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 Handan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linshui (33 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Handan, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Handan ranks joint 434th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 187th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Handan is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 49 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
Handan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 7.3 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 38 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 54 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 151 | 12.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 131 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 49 | 6.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.9°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 9.710 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
- Linshui in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Hecun in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Shahecheng in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Xingtai in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 130 mm rain
- Anyang in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Hebi in AugustChina · 99 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Puyang, China in AugustChina · 107 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Puyang Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 112 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 138 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 Handan) is explained once on the Handan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.