Climate averages 1991–2020
Xixiang weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Xixiang: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chenggu (45 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Xixiang, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xixiang ranks joint 498th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 713th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xixiang is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 203 mm to 175 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
Xixiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 9.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 68 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 115 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 159 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 286 | 19.5 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 203 | 16.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 175 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 104 | 12.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 22 | 5.8 | 10.010 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
- Chenggu in AugustChina · 45 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Hanzhong in AugustChina · 70 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Mianyang, China in AugustChina · 101 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Ankang in AugustChina · 122 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Bazhong in AugustChina · 157 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 189 mm rain
- Guozhen in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Donghe in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 219 mm rain
- Baoji in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 181 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 Xixiang) is explained once on the Xixiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.