Climate averages 1991–2020

Xichang, China weather
in July.

A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 27.1°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 332 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Xichang, China: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 332 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Beihai (24 km away). In July its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Xichang, China, with 463 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang, China ranks joint 536th of 884 for the warmest July highs and 872nd of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xichang, China is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 332 mm to 341 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

Xichang, China climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xichang, China, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	18.4°C12.8°C	12.8°C	27	4.9	11.011 h
February	20.0°C14.5°C	14.5°C	19	4.0	11.411 h
March	23.1°C17.6°C	17.6°C	45	7.5	12.012 h
April	26.6°C21.6°C	21.6°C	82	10.5	12.613 h
May	29.1°C24.8°C	24.8°C	195	18.5	13.213 h
June	30.1°C26.8°C	26.8°C	318	23.4	13.413 h
July, selected	30.3°C27.1°C	27.1°C	332	23.2	13.313 h
August	30.3°C26.6°C	26.6°C	341	25.6	12.913 h
September	29.7°C25.2°C	25.2°C	202	18.0	12.312 h
October	27.8°C22.5°C	22.5°C	75	8.3	11.712 h
November	24.4°C18.5°C	18.5°C	47	6.3	11.111 h
December	20.1°C14.2°C	14.2°C	29	4.9	10.811 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 Xichang

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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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang, China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.