Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 317 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In July its highs average 26.8°C, 4.8°C warmer than Lijiang, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks 876th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 867th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Lijiang is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 317 mm to 277 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
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July, selected | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 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
- Jinniu in JulyChina · 124 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in JulyChina · 131 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Dali in JulyChina · 143 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 272 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in JulyChina · 160 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in JulyChina · 167 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Micheng in JulyChina · 172 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 226 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in JulyChina · 179 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 384 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in JulyChina · 222 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 329 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 Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.