Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshanlu weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th 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 Jinshanlu: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (353 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 7.4°C warmer than Jinshanlu, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshanlu ranks joint 829th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinshanlu is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 22 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
Jinshanlu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.8°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -3.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 15.616 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 4.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 22 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 25 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | -0.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 6.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | -7.1°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 8.58 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
- Karamay in AugustChina · 353 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Tacheng in AugustChina · 409 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 413 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 426 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Changji in AugustChina · 432 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 452 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 464 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in AugustKazakhstan · 468 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 43 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 Jinshanlu) is explained once on the Jinshanlu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.