Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunhuang weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Dunhuang: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Laojunmiao (262 km away). In June its highs average 22.8°C, 9.7°C cooler than Dunhuang, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dunhuang ranks joint 13th of 884 for the warmest June highs and 3rd of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Dunhuang is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 6.5 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 32.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.0 | 1.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Laojunmiao in JuneChina · 262 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in JuneChina · 309 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Hami in JuneChina · 312 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JuneChina · 330 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhangye in JuneChina · 513 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Turpan in JuneChina · 552 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Jinchang in JuneChina · 672 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JuneChina · 706 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°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 Dunhuang) is explained once on the Dunhuang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.