Climate averages 1991–2020
Rugao weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Rugao: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jiangyan (43 km away). In July its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Rugao, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rugao ranks joint 390th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 613th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Rugao is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 178 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
Rugao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 75 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 109 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 217 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| July, selected | 31.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 217 | 15.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 178 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 94 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 5.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 5.7 | 10.110 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
- Jiangyan in JulyChina · 43 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 228 mm rain
- Nantong in JulyChina · 47 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Jinsha in JulyChina · 56 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Zhangjiagang in JulyChina · 56 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 193 mm rain
- Juegang in JulyChina · 58 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 188 mm rain
- Taixing in JulyChina · 58 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Jiangyin in JulyChina · 59 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 210 mm rain
- Dongtai in JulyChina · 59 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 237 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 Rugao) is explained once on the Rugao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.