Climate averages 1991–2020
Shitanjing weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shitanjing: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (28 km away). In July its highs average 30.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Shitanjing, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shitanjing ranks joint 648th of 884 for the warmest July highs and 43rd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Shitanjing is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 57 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
Shitanjing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 5.5 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.59 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
- Shizuishan in JulyChina · 28 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Huinong in JulyChina · 37 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Wuda in JulyChina · 43 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Wuhai in JulyChina · 64 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in JulyChina · 73 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Xigang in JulyChina · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Yinchuan in JulyChina · 85 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Wuzhong in JulyChina · 139 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 53 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 Shitanjing) is explained once on the Shitanjing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.