Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaifeng weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kaifeng: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhengzhou (60 km away). In July its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Kaifeng, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kaifeng ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 434th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Kaifeng is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 143 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
Kaifeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 9.7 | 2.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 10.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 36 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 55 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 81 | 7.0 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 31.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 180 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 79 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 9.5 | 2.1 | 9.910 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
- Zhengzhou in JulyChina · 60 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Xinxiang in JulyChina · 63 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Xuchang in JulyChina · 95 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Hebi in JulyChina · 104 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 166 mm rain
- Yuzhou in JulyChina · 105 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 182 mm rain
- Jiaozuo in JulyChina · 109 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Heze in JulyChina · 117 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 192 mm rain
- Puyang Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 120 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 176 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 Kaifeng) is explained once on the Kaifeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.