Climate averages 1991–2020
Wuwei weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Wuwei: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (74 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Wuwei, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wuwei ranks joint 721st of 884 for the warmest August highs and 32nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wuwei is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 37 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
Wuwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 3.6°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 2.1 | 0.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 17 | 4.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 4.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 43 | 6.5 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 37 | 8.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.610 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
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 74 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 139 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 162 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Xining in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Baiyin in AugustChina · 205 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Zhangye in AugustChina · 220 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Zhongwei in AugustChina · 230 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 234 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 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 Wuwei) is explained once on the Wuwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.