Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Zhangye: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In July its highs average 29.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Zhangye, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 674th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 28th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Zhangye is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 32 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July, selected | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 159 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JulyChina · 189 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in JulyChina · 210 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 220 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 247 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JulyChina · 254 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Xining in JulyChina · 281 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Nianbo in JulyChina · 323 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 93 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.