Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ankang
Ankang climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Mar–Apr · Oct
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation830 mm110 wet days a year
32.68° N, 109.02° EElevation 273 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goAnkang · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Oct
October: high / low20° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ankang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 32° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 830 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (155 mm, 16 wet days) and December the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 41% in August to 51% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Ankang is 0.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 41% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 01 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 11° | 16° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Average low | 0° | 1° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 6 mm | 12 mm | 32 mm | 54 mm | 84 mm | 119 mm | 155 mm | 133 mm | 125 mm | 76 mm | 26 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.5 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 47% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 47% | 45% | 41% | 47% | 49% | 44% | 41% |
| Daylight | 10h 13 | 11h 01 | 11h 56 | 12h 58 | 13h 49 | 14h 17 | 14h 07 | 13h 23 | 12h 24 | 11h 25 | 10h 30 | 10h 01 |
| Month score | 47 | 45 | 63 | 73 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 38 | 58 | 65 | 62 | 48 |
ivMonth by month
Ankang in every month
January47
9° / 0°
6 mm · 2.5 wet days
February45
11° / 1°
12 mm · 4.2 wet days
March63
16° / 5°
32 mm · 6.4 wet days
April73
22° / 11°
54 mm · 8.2 wet days
May58
26° / 16°
84 mm · 12.1 wet days
June46
30° / 21°
119 mm · 11.2 wet days
July33
32° / 24°
155 mm · 16.4 wet days
August38
31° / 23°
133 mm · 15.1 wet days
September58
26° / 18°
125 mm · 13.2 wet days
October65
20° / 12°
76 mm · 11.3 wet days
November62
15° / 6°
26 mm · 6.8 wet days
December48
10° / 1°
8 mm · 2.4 wet days