Climate averages 1991–2020

Yan’an weather
in June.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 60 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yan’an · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Yan’an: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wayaobu (62 km away). In June its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Yan’an, with 54 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yan’an ranks joint 413th of 884 for the warmest June highs and joint 73rd of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Yan’an is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 128 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Yan’an climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yan’an, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.6°C-8.0°C-8.0°C6.32.210.010 h
February 6.6°C-4.8°C-4.8°C9.72.510.811 h
March 12.7°C-0.3°C-0.3°C214.611.912 h
April 19.9°C5.8°C5.8°C386.113.113 h
May 24.9°C11.4°C11.4°C466.714.114 h
June, selected 29.0°C16.4°C16.4°C607.814.615 h
July 29.7°C19.0°C19.0°C12813.314.414 h
August 27.6°C17.7°C17.7°C13312.813.614 h
September 23.0°C12.8°C12.8°C859.812.412 h
October 17.2°C6.0°C6.0°C567.711.311 h
November 10.3°C-0.9°C-0.9°C214.110.310 h
December 3.9°C-6.0°C-6.0°C4.81.49.710 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Yan’an

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 Yan’an) is explained once on the Yan’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.