Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang, China weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xichang, China: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 341 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beihai (24 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Xichang, China, with 439 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang, China ranks joint 362nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 874th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xichang, China is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 341 mm to 202 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
Xichang, China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 27 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| February | 20.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 19 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 82 | 10.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 195 | 18.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.1°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 318 | 23.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 332 | 23.2 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 341 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 202 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 75 | 8.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 47 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 29 | 4.9 | 10.811 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
- Beihai in AugustChina · 24 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 27.0°C · 439 mm rain
- Hepu in AugustChina · 26 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 343 mm rain
- Qinzhou in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 299 mm rain
- Fangchenggang in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.8°C · 353 mm rain
- Gongguan in AugustChina · 70 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 319 mm rain
- Baisha (Guangxi), China in AugustChina · 76 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 303 mm rain
- Shankou in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 330 mm rain
- Dongxing in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 374 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.