Climate averages 1991–2020
Shanhaiguan weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd 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 Shanhaiguan: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qinhuangdao (16 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Shanhaiguan, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanhaiguan ranks joint 657th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 321st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Shanhaiguan is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 45 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
Shanhaiguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 147 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 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
- Qinhuangdao in AugustChina · 16 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Xingcheng in AugustChina · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Linxi in AugustChina · 116 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in AugustChina · 117 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Huludao in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Lianshan in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Tangshan in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 143 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 Shanhaiguan) is explained once on the Shanhaiguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.