Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 44 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laojunmiao (262 km away). In July its highs average 24.7°C, 10.1°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks 2nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Dunhuang is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.5 mm to 4.6 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
Dunhuang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 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
- Laojunmiao in JulyChina · 262 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in JulyChina · 309 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Hami in JulyChina · 312 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JulyChina · 330 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Zhangye in JulyChina · 513 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Turpan in JulyChina · 552 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 672 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 706 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.