Climate averages 1991–2020
Xujiang 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 Xujiang: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qincheng (46 km away). In August its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Xujiang, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xujiang ranks joint 25th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 517th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xujiang is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 89 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
Xujiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 78 | 10.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 99 | 12.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 18.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 221 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 276 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 27.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 322 | 18.6 | 13.513 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 353 | 19.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 157 | 14.1 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 166 | 17.2 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 89 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 59 | 6.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 82 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 7.4 | 10.510 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
- Qincheng in AugustChina · 46 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Aoxi in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Jianchang in AugustChina · 86 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Bashan in AugustChina · 107 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Fuzhou, China in AugustChina · 125 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Xiugu in AugustChina · 127 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Shaowu in AugustChina · 128 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Ji’an in AugustChina · 136 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 147 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 Xujiang) is explained once on the Xujiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.