Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Xining: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In August its highs average 20.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Xining, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks 873rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 60th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xining is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 87 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
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.710 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
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 173 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 197 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 212 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Baiyin in AugustChina · 216 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 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 Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.