Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiuquan weather
in July.
A warm, 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 warm month in Jiuquan: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 Jiayuguan (21 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Jiuquan, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiuquan ranks joint 710th of 884 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Jiuquan is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 20 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
Jiuquan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 7.4 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 6.7 | 1.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 3.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 4.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 20 | 4.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 15 | 2.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.6°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 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
- Jiayuguan in JulyChina · 21 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JulyChina · 68 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Zhangye in JulyChina · 189 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Dunhuang in JulyChina · 330 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 346 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 410 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 416 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Xining in JulyChina · 448 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 Jiuquan) is explained once on the Jiuquan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.