Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanmenxia weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Sanmenxia: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yuncheng (33 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Sanmenxia, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sanmenxia ranks joint 527th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 106th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Sanmenxia is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 103 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
Sanmenxia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 41 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 55 | 7.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 75 | 7.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 126 | 12.5 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 112 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 25.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 103 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 57 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 6.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 9.2 | 2.5 | 9.910 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
- Yuncheng in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Yima in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Yongji in AugustChina · 69 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Hancheng in AugustChina · 103 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Huayin in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Luoyang in AugustChina · 114 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Jiyuan in AugustChina · 132 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 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 Sanmenxia) is explained once on the Sanmenxia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.