Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangjiakou weather
in July.
A hot, 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 Zhangjiakou: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xuanhua (25 km away). In July its highs average 30.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Zhangjiakou, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangjiakou ranks joint 656th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 58th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Zhangjiakou is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Zhangjiakou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 13 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 39 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 28.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 96 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Xuanhua in JulyChina · 25 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Changping in JulyChina · 131 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 165 mm rain
- Mentougou in JulyChina · 140 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 195 mm rain
- Ulanqab in JulyChina · 148 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Beichengqu in JulyChina · 150 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Datong in JulyChina · 154 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Fangshan in JulyChina · 155 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 168 mm rain
- Liangxiang in JulyChina · 158 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 149 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 Zhangjiakou) is explained once on the Zhangjiakou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.