Climate averages 1991–2020
Yichang weather
in July.
A hot, very 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 Yichang: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhicheng (51 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Yichang, with 265 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yichang ranks joint 422nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 686th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Yichang is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 230 mm to 161 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
Yichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 31 | 6.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 11.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| March | 16.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 126 | 12.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 191 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| July, selected | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 230 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 161 | 16.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 26.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 55 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 11.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 10.210 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
- Zhicheng in JulyChina · 51 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Zhijiang in JulyChina · 55 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 246 mm rain
- Jingmen in JulyChina · 95 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Jingzhou in JulyChina · 96 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Buhe in JulyChina · 102 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Nanzhang Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 130 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 228 mm rain
- Zhongxiang in JulyChina · 134 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 217 mm rain
- Duobao in JulyChina · 134 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 235 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 Yichang) is explained once on the Yichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.