Climate averages 1991–2020
Harbin weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Harbin: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan (17 km away). In August its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Harbin, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Harbin ranks joint 780th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 246th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Harbin is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 67 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
Harbin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | -6.7°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 3.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 65 | 9.3 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 99 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 155 | 14.9 | 15.315 h |
| August, selected | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 138 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | -10.5°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 8.5 | 2.4 | 8.89 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
- Hulan in AugustChina · 17 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Acheng in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Shuangcheng in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Lanxi (Heilongjiang), China in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Zhaodong in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Wuchang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Suihua in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Yushu (Jilin), China in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 139 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 Harbin) is explained once on the Harbin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.