Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; December has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Guiyang averages a daytime high of 18.6°C and a nighttime low of 11.7°C, with about 1,393 mm of rain on roughly 189 days. August is the warmest month (average high 26.9°C) and January the coolest (8.1°C). June is the wettest month with 239 mm; December is the driest with 48 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Guiyang
Monthly rainfall
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
Guiyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 14.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 11.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 13.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 97 | 19.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 191 | 19.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 25.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 239 | 20.7 | 13.814 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 168 | 17.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 124 | 15.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 15.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 48 | 11.6 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
Nearby cities
- AnshunChina · 86 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 1,583 mm rain a year
- DuyunChina · 87 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 1,788 mm rain a year
- DushanChina · 117 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 1,664 mm rain a year
- ZunyiChina · 124 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 1,610 mm rain a year
- KailiChina · 126 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 1,384 mm rain a year
- LiuzhiChina · 134 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 1,655 mm rain a year
- BijieChina · 163 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 1,324 mm rain a year
- LoushanguanChina · 173 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 1,439 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+8, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 26.60°, 106.70° (3 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.5°C for the difference between the city's elevation (1,087 m) and the cell's (1,162 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 26.50°, 106.75°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.