Climate averages 1991–2020
Jiuquan weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Jiuquan: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 56 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (21 km away). In June its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Jiuquan, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jiuquan ranks joint 721st of 884 for the warmest June highs and 15th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Jiuquan is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 15 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Jiayuguan in JuneChina · 21 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JuneChina · 68 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Zhangye in JuneChina · 189 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Dunhuang in JuneChina · 330 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Jinchang in JuneChina · 346 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Wuwei in JuneChina · 410 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JuneChina · 416 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Xining in JuneChina · 448 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 66 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.