Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiyan 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 Shiyan: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Danjiangkou (69 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Shiyan, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shiyan ranks joint 292nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 134th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Shiyan 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 falls from 130 mm to 122 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
Shiyan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 48 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 7.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 78 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 8.1 | 14.314 h |
| July, selected | 31.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 130 | 12.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 99 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 76 | 9.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Danjiangkou in JulyChina · 69 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Laohekou in JulyChina · 88 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Gucheng Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 91 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Dengzhou in JulyChina · 123 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 138 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 228 mm rain
- Zhenping in JulyChina · 142 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 208 mm rain
- Xiangyang in JulyChina · 145 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 185 mm rain
- Shangluo in JulyChina · 157 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 137 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 Shiyan) is explained once on the Shiyan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.