Climate averages 1991–2020
Yan’an weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Yan’an: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wayaobu (62 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Yan’an, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yan’an ranks joint 671st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 206th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yan’an is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 85 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
Yan’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 38 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 46 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 133 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 9.710 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
- Wayaobu in AugustChina · 62 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Hancheng in AugustChina · 152 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in AugustChina · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Lüliang in AugustChina · 179 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Yulinshi in AugustChina · 189 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Linfen in AugustChina · 190 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Qingyang in AugustChina · 193 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Tongchuan in AugustChina · 195 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 109 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 Yan’an) is explained once on the Yan’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.