Climate averages 1991–2020
Xincheng weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xincheng: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ālā'ĕr (191 km away). In August its highs average 32.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Xincheng, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xincheng ranks joint 115th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xincheng is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 10 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
Xincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.2°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 7.6 | 2.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 2.7 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 3.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ālā'ĕr in AugustChina · 191 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 192 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Aqsu in AugustChina · 229 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Wensu in AugustChina · 230 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Korla in AugustChina · 267 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 278 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 309 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 334 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 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 Xincheng) is explained once on the Xincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.