Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinyuan weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Xinyuan: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (160 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Xinyuan, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinyuan ranks joint 799th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 39th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xinyuan is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 43 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
Xinyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 21 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 37 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 9.1 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 25.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.8°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.4°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.09 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
- Wusu in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 188 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Xincheng in AugustChina · 192 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 203 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 243 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 244 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 273 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 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 Xinyuan) is explained once on the Xinyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.