Climate averages 1991–2020
Shanhaiguan weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shanhaiguan: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qinhuangdao (16 km away). In July its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Shanhaiguan, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shanhaiguan ranks joint 681st of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 270th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Shanhaiguan is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 147 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
Shanhaiguan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 47 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.8 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 158 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 147 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 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
- Qinhuangdao in JulyChina · 16 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Xingcheng in JulyChina · 107 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 124 mm rain
- Tangjiazhuang in JulyChina · 115 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Linxi in JulyChina · 116 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Zhaogezhuang in JulyChina · 117 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Huludao in JulyChina · 124 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Lianshan in JulyChina · 126 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Tangshan in JulyChina · 140 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 191 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 Shanhaiguan) is explained once on the Shanhaiguan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.