Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in China.

ClimaNote covers 884 cities in China, starting with Shanghai, Chongqing and Chengdu. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 0.2°C in Gengqing to 28.8°C in Yunjinghong, and yearly precipitation from 34 mm in Dunhuang to 2,890 mm in Yingjiang. The hottest city-month is July in Turpan, with an average high of 38.1°C, and the coolest is January in Yakeshi, at -18.3°C. By single month, the most precipitation falls in July in Yingjiang, with 657 mm, and the least in January in Ālā'ĕr, with under 1 mm.

July is the warmest month in 669 cities, August in 94, June in 43, May in 21 and April in 6 (in 51 other cities two or more months tie); January is the coolest in 855 cities and December in 21 (in 8 other cities two or more months tie). July is the wettest month in 448 cities, June in 254, August in 140, May in 15, September in 6, April in 2, November in 2 and October in 1 (in 16 other cities two or more months tie); January is the driest in 381 cities, December in 360, February in 47, October in 27, November in 17 and March in 1 (in 51 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 221 have a month with an average high below 2.0°C, 9 have a month with under 1 mm of precipitation and 129 have a month with more than 300 mm of precipitation.