Climate averages 1991–2020

Sandu weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 27.2°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 191 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sandu · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Sandu: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 27.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dacheng (36 km away). In July its highs average 32.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sandu, with 204 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Sandu ranks joint 327th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 502nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Sandu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 191 mm to 276 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sandu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sandu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 21.8°C16.7°C16.7°C326.711.111 h
February 23.1°C17.5°C17.5°C285.711.511 h
March 26.0°C20.0°C20.0°C316.312.012 h
April 28.9°C23.1°C23.1°C5710.512.613 h
May 30.8°C25.7°C25.7°C10816.613.113 h
June 31.6°C27.3°C27.3°C14214.313.313 h
July, selected 31.3°C27.2°C27.2°C19115.613.213 h
August 30.3°C26.7°C26.7°C27620.512.813 h
September 29.4°C25.5°C25.5°C19219.712.312 h
October 27.9°C23.7°C23.7°C11811.711.712 h
November 25.7°C21.3°C21.3°C456.111.211 h
December 22.4°C18.1°C18.1°C416.211.011 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

Distance from Sandu

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sandu) is explained once on the Sandu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.