Climate averages 1991–2020
Yichang 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 Yichang: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 16 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 Zhicheng (51 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Yichang, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yichang ranks joint 326th 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; Yichang is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 101 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
Yichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 31 | 6.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 126 | 12.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 191 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 230 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 161 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 55 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 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
- Zhicheng in AugustChina · 51 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Zhijiang in AugustChina · 55 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Jingmen in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Jingzhou in AugustChina · 96 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Buhe in AugustChina · 102 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 130 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Duobao in AugustChina · 134 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.5°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 Yichang) is explained once on the Yichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.