Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 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.
June is a warm month in Zhangye: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In June its highs average 27.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Zhangye, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 653rd of 884 for the warmest June highs and joint 18th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Zhangye is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Jinchang in JuneChina · 159 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JuneChina · 189 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in JuneChina · 210 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Wuwei in JuneChina · 220 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Qiaotou in JuneChina · 247 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JuneChina · 254 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Xining in JuneChina · 281 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Nianbo in JuneChina · 323 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 67 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.