Climate averages 1991–2020
Shaoyang weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shaoyang: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lengshuijiang (50 km away). In July its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Shaoyang, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shaoyang ranks joint 151st of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 469th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Shaoyang is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 141 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
Shaoyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 57 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 72 | 12.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 171 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 226 | 17.3 | 13.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 271 | 19.5 | 13.814 h |
| July, selected | 31.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 186 | 14.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 141 | 15.8 | 13.113 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 76 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 43 | 7.8 | 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
- Lengshuijiang in JulyChina · 50 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 197 mm rain
- Gantang in JulyChina · 55 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Shangmei in JulyChina · 58 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 217 mm rain
- Yongfeng in JulyChina · 74 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 178 mm rain
- Loudi in JulyChina · 76 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Yongzhou in JulyChina · 92 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Wugang in JulyChina · 100 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 169 mm rain
- Xiangxiang in JulyChina · 119 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 185 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 Shaoyang) is explained once on the Shaoyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.