Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiayuguan weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest 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 Jiayuguan: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiuquan (21 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Jiayuguan, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiayuguan ranks joint 729th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 25th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jiayuguan is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 18 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
Jiayuguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.8°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 9.49 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
- Jiuquan in AugustChina · 21 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Zhangye in AugustChina · 210 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Dunhuang in AugustChina · 309 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 367 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 431 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 435 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Xining in AugustChina · 466 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 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 Jiayuguan) is explained once on the Jiayuguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.