Climate averages 1991–2020

Xiangtan weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.1°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 26.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 174 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Xiangtan: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhuzhou (25 km away). In July its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Xiangtan, with 172 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xiangtan ranks joint 35th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 372nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xiangtan is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 132 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Xiangtan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xiangtan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.0°C3.1°C	3.1°C	77	10.8	10.611 h
February	12.6°C5.4°C	5.4°C	95	12.6	11.211 h
March	16.8°C8.9°C	8.9°C	195	17.5	12.012 h
April	22.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	248	17.6	12.813 h
May	26.8°C19.0°C	19.0°C	280	16.7	13.514 h
June	29.6°C22.9°C	22.9°C	318	17.5	13.914 h
July, selected	33.1°C26.1°C	26.1°C	174	12.5	13.714 h
August	32.7°C25.6°C	25.6°C	132	13.8	13.113 h
September	29.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	89	9.8	12.312 h
October	24.1°C16.1°C	16.1°C	65	7.9	11.512 h
November	18.1°C10.2°C	10.2°C	81	8.7	10.811 h
December	12.4°C4.8°C	4.8°C	54	7.8	10.410 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

Distance from Xiangtan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xiangtan) is explained once on the Xiangtan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.