Climate averages 1991–2020
Dandong weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Dandong: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fengcheng (Liaoning), China (45 km away). In July its highs average 27.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Dandong, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dandong ranks joint 756th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 630th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Dandong is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 220 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Dandong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.1°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 26 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 112 | 10.5 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 220 | 14.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 225 | 13.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 56 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 46 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.49 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
July in nearby cities
- Fengcheng (Liaoning), China in JulyChina · 45 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 205 mm rain
- Kuandian in JulyChina · 74 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 249 mm rain
- Xiuyan in JulyChina · 97 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Paek'ak in JulyNorth Korea · 127 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in JulyChina · 129 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Gongchangling in JulyChina · 136 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Kaech’ŏn in JulyNorth Korea · 136 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 351 mm rain
- Benxi in JulyChina · 139 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 174 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 Dandong) is explained once on the Dandong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.