Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhoukou weather
in July.
A hot, 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 hot month in Zhoukou: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huaidian (43 km away). In July its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Zhoukou, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhoukou ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 608th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Zhoukou is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 154 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
Zhoukou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 47 | 5.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 76 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 114 | 8.0 | 14.314 h |
| July, selected | 31.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 216 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 154 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 78 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 5.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.010 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
- Huaidian in JulyChina · 43 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 222 mm rain
- Luohe in JulyChina · 56 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 199 mm rain
- Jishui in JulyChina · 72 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Jieshou in JulyChina · 79 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Xuchang in JulyChina · 84 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Zhumadian in JulyChina · 92 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 202 mm rain
- Bozhou in JulyChina · 109 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Yuzhou in JulyChina · 122 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 182 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 Zhoukou) is explained once on the Zhoukou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.