Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuanhua (25 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 686th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 55th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhangjiakou is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 56 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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.39 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
- Xuanhua in AugustChina · 25 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Changping in AugustChina · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Mentougou in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Ulanqab in AugustChina · 148 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Beichengqu in AugustChina · 150 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Datong in AugustChina · 154 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Fangshan in AugustChina · 155 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Liangxiang in AugustChina · 158 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 117 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.