Climate averages 1991–2020
Datong weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Datong: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (40 km away). In July its highs average 27.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Datong, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Datong ranks joint 681st of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 58th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Datong is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 88 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
Datong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 14 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 39 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 9.3 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 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
- Beichengqu in JulyChina · 40 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Ulanqab in JulyChina · 101 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Shuozhou in JulyChina · 114 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in JulyChina · 154 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Hohhot in JulyChina · 160 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Yuanping in JulyChina · 160 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Xuanhua in JulyChina · 161 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Xinzhou in JulyChina · 193 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 100 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 Datong) is explained once on the Datong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.