Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd 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 Zhangye: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Zhangye, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 700th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Zhangye is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 23 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
- Jinchang in AugustChina · 159 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Jiuquan in AugustChina · 189 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in AugustChina · 210 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 220 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 247 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in AugustChina · 254 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Xining in AugustChina · 281 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 323 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.