Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiulin weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Xiulin: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinshi (53 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Xiulin, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiulin ranks joint 155th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 196th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xiulin is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 87 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
Xiulin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 13.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 170 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 197 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 250 | 14.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 132 | 13.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 10.310 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
- Jinshi in AugustChina · 53 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Buhe in AugustChina · 66 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Yueyang in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Qianjiang (Hubei), China in AugustChina · 92 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Zhijiang in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Changde in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Xindi in AugustChina · 104 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 123 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 Xiulin) is explained once on the Xiulin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.