Climate averages 1991–2020
Guiyang weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Guiyang: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Anshun (86 km away). In July its highs average 25.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Guiyang, with 237 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Guiyang ranks joint 772nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 331st of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Guiyang is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Anshun in JulyChina · 86 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 237 mm rain
- Duyun in JulyChina · 87 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Dushan in JulyChina · 117 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Zunyi in JulyChina · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 185 mm rain
- Kaili in JulyChina · 126 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Liuzhi in JulyChina · 134 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 270 mm rain
- Bijie in JulyChina · 163 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Loushanguan in JulyChina · 173 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 170 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 Guiyang) is explained once on the Guiyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.