Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhaotong weather
in July.
A warm, 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 warm month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In July its highs average 30.1°C, 6.8°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks joint 864th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 547th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Zhaotong is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 175 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
Zhaotong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 30 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 48 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 89 | 17.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 21.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 159 | 21.8 | 13.814 h |
| July, selected | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 200 | 21.9 | 13.714 h |
| August | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 175 | 20.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 121 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 15.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 80 | 17.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 15 | 4.5 | 10.510 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
- Junlian in JulyChina · 123 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 279 mm rain
- Liupanshui in JulyChina · 137 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 237 mm rain
- Bijie in JulyChina · 155 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Xichang in JulyChina · 157 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 220 mm rain
- Xunchang in JulyChina · 160 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 247 mm rain
- Shuifu in JulyChina · 161 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Baixi in JulyChina · 174 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Changning in JulyChina · 183 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 228 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 Zhaotong) is explained once on the Zhaotong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.