Climate averages 1991–2020
Xuyong weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Xuyong: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gusong (25 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Xuyong, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xuyong ranks joint 259th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 726th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Xuyong is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 151 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
Xuyong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 60 | 15.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 54 | 13.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 119 | 18.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 163 | 19.0 | 13.514 h |
| June | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 221 | 20.6 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 229 | 20.3 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 210 | 19.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 26.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 151 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 81 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 14.1 | 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
- Gusong in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 223 mm rain
- Gulin in AugustChina · 40 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Changning in AugustChina · 68 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Xunchang in AugustChina · 77 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 248 mm rain
- Luzhou in AugustChina · 80 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Hejiang in AugustChina · 81 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Nanxi in AugustChina · 87 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Junlian in AugustChina · 90 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 268 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 Xuyong) is explained once on the Xuyong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.