Climate averages 1991–2020
Laojunmiao weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Laojunmiao: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiayuguan (47 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 3.4°C warmer than Laojunmiao, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Laojunmiao ranks joint 851st of 884 for the warmest July highs and 35th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Laojunmiao is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 47 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
Laojunmiao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 15 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 16 | 3.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 40 | 7.5 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 50 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 23.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 47 | 7.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 11.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.8°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 5.9 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.1°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 4.6 | 1.8 | 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 · 47 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JulyChina · 68 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Zhangye in JulyChina · 254 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Dunhuang in JulyChina · 262 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 412 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 471 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 474 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Hami in JulyChina · 486 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 5.4 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 Laojunmiao) is explained once on the Laojunmiao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.