Xichang Weather in August
Xichang in August
The short of it: Xichang in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 197 mm (7.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 18° · rain 197 mm · daylight 13 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Xichang an average August high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 197 mm of rain. The height of summer in Xichang, with afternoons near 27°. Wet spells are common — about 197 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 8 min in mid-August, 37 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Xichang runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Hongqiao, 153 km to the WSW, is 5° cooler by day.
August in Xichang, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 48 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HongqiaoYunnan | 153 km WSW | 22° | 13° | 135 mm |
| DaxingYunnan | 155 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 135 mm |
| XinyingpanYunnan | 155 km WSW | 20° | 11° | 137 mm |
| PanzhihuaSichuan | 156 km SSW | 30° | 21° | 152 mm |
| ZhaotongYunnan | 157 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 147 mm |
| YongningYunnan | 157 km W | 22° | 12° | 132 mm |
| ShilongbaYunnan | 171 km SSW | 30° | 21° | 140 mm |
| ZhongxinYunnan | 173 km SW | 29° | 20° | 140 mm |