Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiayuguan weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Jiayuguan: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiuquan (21 km away). In July its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Jiayuguan, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiayuguan ranks joint 698th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Jiayuguan is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 27 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
Jiayuguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 28.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 6.5 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.8°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 9.49 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
- Jiuquan in JulyChina · 21 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JulyChina · 47 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Zhangye in JulyChina · 210 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Dunhuang in JulyChina · 309 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 367 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 431 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 435 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Xining in JulyChina · 466 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 81 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 Jiayuguan) is explained once on the Jiayuguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.