Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiangcheng weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Xiangcheng: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yunnanyi (14 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Xiangcheng, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangcheng ranks joint 863rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 708th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xiangcheng is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 132 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
Xiangcheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 17.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 136 | 15.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 201 | 23.4 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 23.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 202 | 23.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 132 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 11.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.611 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
- Yunnanyi in AugustChina · 14 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Micheng in AugustChina · 16 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 220 mm rain
- Jinniu in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 199 mm rain
- Dali in AugustChina · 38 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 275 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 242 mm rain
- Chuxiong in AugustChina · 110 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AugustChina · 146 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 304 mm rain
- Jianshui in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 287 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 Xiangcheng) is explained once on the Xiangcheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.