Datong weather in August

In August, Datong sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 88 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Datong's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Datong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:43 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
54%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Datong is prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36.6 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
132/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Datong reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Datong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Datong weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -15°30.91.19.50.0
Feb / -11°51.81.810.40.0
Mar / -4°143.62.111.72.1
Apr17° / 274.70.9136.0
May23° / 3960.114.27.4
Jun27° / 15°599.4014.86.6
Jul28° / 18°9611.8014.65.6
Aug27° / 16°8810.5013.66.5
Sep22° / 10°678.8012.36.9
Oct15° / 325.40.210.95.2
Nov / -5°1331.59.80.9
Dec-1° / -12°30.81.29.20.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Datong gets around 88 mm of rain over 10.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117333515
217333515
318333415
419333414
520333314
621333213
722333213
824343112
925343011
1027342910
1129342810
123134269
133334258
143534248
153734227
163934216
174134205
184334185
194534174
204735163
214835143
225035132
235135122
245434111
255534101
26563491
27583381
28603271
29623161
30653050
31672850

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:297:37
214.15:297:36
314.15:307:35
414.05:317:34
514.05:327:33
614.05:337:32
713.95:347:31
813.95:357:29
913.95:367:28
1013.85:377:27
1113.85:387:26
1213.85:397:24
1313.75:407:23
1413.75:417:22
1513.65:427:20
1613.65:437:19
1713.65:447:17
1813.55:457:16
1913.55:467:15
2013.45:477:13
2113.45:487:12
2213.45:497:10
2313.35:507:09
2413.35:517:07
2513.25:527:06
2613.25:537:04
2713.15:547:02
2813.15:557:01
2913.15:566:59
3013.05:576:58
3113.05:586:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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295.2Bright
305.2Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Datong

In seasonPeak

None of Datong's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Datong sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Datong?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Datong for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Datong in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Datong sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Datong in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Datong peaks around May 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowMay 23UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Datong in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Datong is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Datong's WHO annual average of 36.6 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1746 µg/m³Aug 1725 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr41Poor
May36Poor
Jun31Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct39Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Datong?

Datong sits at 40.1°N, 113.3°E, 1,054 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Beijing, 265 km away.

TianjinChengdeJinanSaynshandZhengzhouLuoyangSongyang

Topography around Datong

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Datong.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Datong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 1,055 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,552 m.

The land around Datong is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
563 m
80 km
1,552 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Beijing 265 km · Tianjin 349 km · Chengde 406 km · Jinan 499 km · Saynshand 593 km · Zhengzhou 594 km · Luoyang 607 km · Songyang 627 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Datong (40.0936°, 113.2914°, elevation 1,054 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).