Climate averages 1991–2020
Gengqing weather
in July.
A cool, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In July its highs average 21.2°C, 9.0°C warmer than Gengqing, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 372nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Gengqing is 17.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 152 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
Gengqing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.9°C-25.3°C | -25.3°C | 10 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | -10.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 17 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | -7.4°C-18.8°C | -18.8°C | 31 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | -2.3°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 52 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 6.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 95 | 17.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 167 | 24.1 | 14.214 h |
| July, selected | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 174 | 23.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 12.0°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 152 | 21.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 9.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 141 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 2.9°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 79 | 15.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | -6.3°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 21 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | -12.1°C-25.1°C | -25.1°C | 9.8 | 3.7 | 10.110 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
- Qamdo (approximate) in JulyChina · 153 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 143 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in JulyChina · 198 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Kangding in JulyChina · 380 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Ya'an in JulyChina · 468 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 284 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JulyChina · 520 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in JulyChina · 537 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Chengdu in JulyChina · 537 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 292 mm rain
- Meishan in JulyChina · 539 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 253 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 Gengqing) is explained once on the Gengqing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.