Xining Weather in August
Xining in August
The short of it: Xining in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 11 °C (53 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 11° · rain 72 mm · daylight 13 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & June
August in Xining brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 11°, with about 72 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 33 min in mid-August, 53 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Xining runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Duoba, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Xining, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h