Climate averages 1991–2020
Xuancheng weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xuancheng: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhu (54 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Xuancheng, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuancheng ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 459th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xuancheng is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 79 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
Xuancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 73 | 9.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 117 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 131 | 11.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 160 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 286 | 14.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 14.7 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 14.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 55 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 10.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 6.9 | 10.210 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
- Wuhu in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Taozhou in AugustChina · 63 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Ma’anshan in AugustChina · 85 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Licheng, China in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Tongling in AugustChina · 93 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Chaohu in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Yixing in AugustChina · 111 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 184 mm rain
- Nanjing in AugustChina · 123 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 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 Xuancheng) is explained once on the Xuancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.