Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuanping 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 Yuanping: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinzhou (34 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Yuanping, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yuanping ranks joint 721st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 107th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yuanping is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 71 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
Yuanping climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.2°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 41 | 6.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 63 | 10.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.6 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 113 | 12.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 71 | 9.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 36 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 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
- Xinzhou in AugustChina · 34 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Shuozhou in AugustChina · 73 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Taiyuan in AugustChina · 96 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Jinzhong in AugustChina · 115 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Yangquan in AugustChina · 119 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Datong in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Shijiazhuang in AugustChina · 168 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Zhengding in AugustChina · 170 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 136 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 Yuanping) is explained once on the Yuanping year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.