Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhongwei weather
in July.
A hot, moderately 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 Zhongwei: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuzhong (103 km away). In July its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Zhongwei, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhongwei ranks joint 223rd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 36th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Zhongwei is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 52 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
Zhongwei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 19 | 3.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 30 | 4.2 | 14.715 h |
| July, selected | 31.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 53 | 5.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 | 7.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 43 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.5°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 9.610 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
- Wuzhong in JulyChina · 103 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Baiyin in JulyChina · 140 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Yinchuan in JulyChina · 143 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in JulyChina · 153 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Xigang in JulyChina · 154 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Guyuan in JulyChina · 193 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Shizuishan in JulyChina · 194 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Lanzhou in JulyChina · 202 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 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 Zhongwei) is explained once on the Zhongwei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.