Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in July.
A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Xichang: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 220 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In July its highs average 23.4°C, 2.4°C cooler than Xichang, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 819th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 630th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xichang is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 220 mm to 201 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
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July, selected | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Zhaotong in JulyChina · 157 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Junlian in JulyChina · 223 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 279 mm rain
- Shuifu in JulyChina · 225 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Lijiang in JulyChina · 232 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 317 mm rain
- Leshan in JulyChina · 236 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 228 mm rain
- Kangding in JulyChina · 236 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Luocheng in JulyChina · 239 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Baixi in JulyChina · 241 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 256 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 Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.