Climate averages 1991–2020
Xunchang weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Xunchang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changning (24 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Xunchang, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xunchang ranks joint 515th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 782nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xunchang is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 248 mm to 130 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
Xunchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 34 | 10.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 33 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 52 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 71 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 99 | 14.7 | 13.514 h |
| June | 27.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 163 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 247 | 21.4 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 248 | 20.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 130 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 80 | 16.1 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 48 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 10.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 9.1 | 10.410 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
- Changning in AugustChina · 24 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Baixi in AugustChina · 32 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 242 mm rain
- Yibin in AugustChina · 35 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 231 mm rain
- Shuifu in AugustChina · 36 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Junlian in AugustChina · 37 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 268 mm rain
- Nanxi in AugustChina · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Gusong in AugustChina · 53 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 223 mm rain
- Xuyong in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 210 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 Xunchang) is explained once on the Xunchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.