Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulanqab 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 Ulanqab: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (62 km away). In August its highs average 25.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Ulanqab, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ulanqab ranks joint 829th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 50th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ulanqab is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 54 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
Ulanqab climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 24 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 10 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -4.9°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.39 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
- Beichengqu in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Datong in AugustChina · 101 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Hohhot in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Xuanhua in AugustChina · 168 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 196 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Salaqi in AugustChina · 226 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Shiguai in AugustChina · 242 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 86 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 Ulanqab) is explained once on the Ulanqab year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.