Climate averages 1991–2020

Zhaotong weather
in June.

A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.7°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 159 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a mild month in Zhaotong: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes June a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Junlian (123 km away). In June its highs average 27.6°C, 6.0°C warmer than Zhaotong, with 190 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhaotong ranks 874th of 884 for the warmest June highs and joint 481st of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Zhaotong is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Zhaotong, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.8°C-2.1°C-2.1°C163.910.611 h
February 11.9°C0.0°C0.0°C154.511.211 h
March 15.9°C3.7°C3.7°C308.312.012 h
April 19.1°C8.2°C8.2°C4812.712.813 h
May 20.6°C11.5°C11.5°C8917.213.513 h
June, selected 21.7°C14.5°C14.5°C15921.813.814 h
July 23.4°C15.7°C15.7°C20021.913.714 h
August 22.9°C15.3°C15.3°C17520.613.113 h
September 20.0°C12.9°C12.9°C12118.512.312 h
October 15.3°C8.9°C8.9°C8017.611.512 h
November 13.1°C4.4°C4.4°C308.610.811 h
December 9.0°C-0.5°C-0.5°C154.510.510 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Zhaotong

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 limits

How 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.