Climate averages 1991–2020
Hohhot weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Hohhot: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salaqi (101 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hohhot, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hohhot ranks joint 751st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 48th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Hohhot is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 60 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
Hohhot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 3.5 | 1.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.0°C-12.9°C | -12.9°C | 5.8 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 24 | 3.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 35 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 89 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 26.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 69 | 8.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.6°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.9°C-14.1°C | -14.1°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 9.39 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
- Salaqi in AugustChina · 101 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Shiguai in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Beichengqu in AugustChina · 133 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Baotou in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Datong in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 179 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Dongsheng in AugustChina · 180 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 95 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 Hohhot) is explained once on the Hohhot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.