Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinzhong weather
in August.
A warm, moderately 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 Jinzhong: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiyuan (27 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Jinzhong, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinzhong ranks joint 671st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 62nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Jinzhong is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 59 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
Jinzhong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 6.7 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 51 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 11.9 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 15 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.9°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.610 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
- Taiyuan in AugustChina · 27 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Yangquan in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Xinzhou in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Jiexiu in AugustChina · 105 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Yuanping in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Lüliang in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Huaiyang in AugustChina · 155 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 131 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in AugustChina · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 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 Jinzhong) is explained once on the Jinzhong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.