Climate averages 1991–2020

Houzhen weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 23.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 150 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Houzhen · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Houzhen: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Daotian (19 km away). In July its highs average 31.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Houzhen, with 153 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Houzhen ranks joint 422nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 212th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Houzhen is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 153 mm.

The annual picture

July 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. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall 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

Houzhen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Houzhen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.4°C-4.8°C-4.8°C8.22.09.910 h
February 6.4°C-3.1°C-3.1°C143.010.811 h
March 12.6°C1.7°C1.7°C193.711.912 h
April 19.8°C8.5°C8.5°C314.813.113 h
May 25.6°C14.6°C14.6°C575.914.114 h
June 29.8°C19.8°C19.8°C627.114.715 h
July, selected 31.0°C23.3°C23.3°C15011.814.414 h
August 29.5°C22.7°C22.7°C15311.013.614 h
September 26.0°C17.8°C17.8°C515.712.512 h
October 20.4°C11.4°C11.4°C284.411.311 h
November 12.5°C3.8°C3.8°C274.010.210 h
December 5.5°C-2.5°C-2.5°C102.39.710 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

Distance from Houzhen

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 Houzhen) is explained once on the Houzhen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.