Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 2.0°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks 878th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 156th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Qiaotou is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 122 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
Qiaotou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.7°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 8.7 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 16.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 100 | 16.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 112 | 17.6 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 18.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 122 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 10.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 4.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | -0.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.710 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
- Xining in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 83 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 180 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 202 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Baiyin in AugustChina · 227 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 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 Qiaotou) is explained once on the Qiaotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.