Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: one of the 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 Xichang: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In August its highs average 22.9°C, 2.8°C cooler than Xichang, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 758th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 705th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xichang is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 160 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 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
- Zhaotong in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 175 mm rain
- Junlian in AugustChina · 223 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Shuifu in AugustChina · 225 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Lijiang in AugustChina · 232 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Leshan in AugustChina · 236 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Kangding in AugustChina · 236 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Luocheng in AugustChina · 239 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Baixi in AugustChina · 241 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 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 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.