Climate averages 1991–2020
Yinchuan weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Yinchuan: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xigang (11 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Yinchuan, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yinchuan ranks joint 663rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yinchuan is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Yinchuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 9.5 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 13 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 3.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 32 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.6°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 9.510 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xigang in AugustChina · 11 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Wuzhong in AugustChina · 54 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Shizuishan in AugustChina · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in AugustChina · 67 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Shitanjing in AugustChina · 85 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Huinong in AugustChina · 95 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Wuda in AugustChina · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Zhongwei in AugustChina · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 52 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 Yinchuan) is explained once on the Yinchuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Xigang lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.