Climate averages 1991–2020
Xi’an 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 Xi’an: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 144 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 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xianyang (23 km away). In July its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Xi’an, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xi’an ranks joint 358th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 187th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xi’an is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 129 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
Xi’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 18 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 33 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 46 | 7.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 71 | 8.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 93 | 7.3 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 10.7 | 14.214 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 129 | 10.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 24.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 133 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 81 | 10.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 40 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 7.3°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
- Xianyang in JulyChina · 23 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Lintong in JulyChina · 29 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Weinan in JulyChina · 60 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Tongchuan in JulyChina · 71 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in JulyChina · 92 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Shangluo in JulyChina · 102 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Huayin in JulyChina · 110 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Guozhen in JulyChina · 145 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 194 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 Xi’an) is explained once on the Xi’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.