Climate averages 1991–2020

Gengqing weather
in June.

A cool, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 10.7°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 0.7°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 167 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gengqing · average highYear overview

June is a cool month in Gengqing: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes June a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Qamdo (153 km away, marked approximate). In June its highs average 20.8°C, 10.1°C warmer than Gengqing, with 105 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Gengqing ranks 884th of 884 for the warmest June highs and 500th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Gengqing is 17.6°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 174 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -30-25-20-15-10-5051015 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gengqing, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -12.9°C-25.3°C-25.3°C103.910.310 h
February -10.3°C-22.6°C-22.6°C175.611.011 h
March -7.4°C-18.8°C-18.8°C319.012.012 h
April -2.3°C-12.7°C-12.7°C5213.012.913 h
May 6.1°C-5.1°C-5.1°C9517.913.814 h
June, selected 10.7°C0.7°C0.7°C16724.114.214 h
July 12.2°C3.2°C3.2°C17423.814.014 h
August 12.0°C3.0°C3.0°C15221.813.313 h
September 9.6°C0.3°C0.3°C14121.712.412 h
October 2.9°C-8.0°C-8.0°C7915.811.411 h
November -6.3°C-19.1°C-19.1°C215.810.611 h
December -12.1°C-25.1°C-25.1°C9.83.710.110 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Gengqing

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 limits

How 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.