Climate averages 1991–2020
Xianyang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xianyang: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xi’an (23 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Xianyang, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xianyang ranks joint 498th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 246th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xianyang is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 144 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
Xianyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 13 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 46 | 7.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 74 | 8.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 101 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 161 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 138 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 144 | 12.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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
- Xi’an in AugustChina · 23 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Lintong in AugustChina · 47 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongchuan in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Weinan in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in AugustChina · 89 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Guozhen in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Shangluo in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Huayin in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 199 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 Xianyang) is explained once on the Xianyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.