Climate averages 1991–2020

Xiugu weather
in August.

A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.0°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 25.6°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 158 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Xiugu · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Xiugu: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th 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 Jinfeng (40 km away). In August its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Xiugu, with 148 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiugu ranks joint 17th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 428th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xiugu is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 92 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 4500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xiugu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xiugu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.0°C3.6°C3.6°C8510.710.611 h
February 13.9°C5.8°C5.8°C10212.011.211 h
March 17.7°C9.4°C9.4°C22817.412.012 h
April 23.4°C14.9°C14.9°C28017.112.813 h
May 27.4°C19.5°C19.5°C31616.813.514 h
June 29.8°C23.2°C23.2°C41518.113.914 h
July 33.5°C26.1°C26.1°C20013.413.714 h
August, selected 33.0°C25.6°C25.6°C15815.613.113 h
September 29.6°C22.1°C22.1°C9210.012.312 h
October 25.1°C16.7°C16.7°C636.511.512 h
November 19.3°C10.9°C10.9°C908.510.811 h
December 13.2°C5.0°C5.0°C677.710.410 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

Distance from Xiugu

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xiugu) is explained once on the Xiugu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.