Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinzhi weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xinzhi: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a 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 Linfen (49 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Xinzhi, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xinzhi ranks joint 362nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 105th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xinzhi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 69 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
Xinzhi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 8.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 34 | 5.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 8.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 113 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 44 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 22 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 9.710 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
- Linfen in AugustChina · 49 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Jiexiu in AugustChina · 61 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Lüliang in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Jincheng in AugustChina · 150 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Jinzhong in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Hancheng in AugustChina · 163 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 104 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 Xinzhi) is explained once on the Xinzhi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.