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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Changping
Changping climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing31°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation496 mm70 wet days a year
40.22° N, 116.23° EElevation 68 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goChangping · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low19° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Changping has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 31°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 496 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (148 mm, 16 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in December to 40% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Changping is 0.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- -10° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 01 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 20 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 | 2° | 6° | 12° | 21° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 19° | 10° | 3° |
| Average low | -10° | -5° | 0° | 7° | 14° | 20° | 22° | 21° | 15° | 7° | -1° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 4 mm | 10 mm | 22 mm | 35 mm | 72 mm | 148 mm | 121 mm | 50 mm | 21 mm | 8 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 12.1 | 15.9 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 23% | 28% | 30% | 35% | 40% | 40% | 36% | 30% | 24% | 19% | 17% |
| Daylight | 9h 37 | 10h 40 | 11h 53 | 13h 15 | 14h 23 | 15h 01 | 14h 46 | 13h 48 | 12h 31 | 11h 12 | 9h 59 | 9h 20 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 66 | 90 | 73 | 42 | 37 | 48 | 76 | 91 | 53 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Changping in every month
January57
2° / -10°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
February55
6° / -5°
4 mm · 1.2 wet day
March66
12° / 0°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
April90
21° / 7°
22 mm · 4.3 wet days
May73
27° / 14°
35 mm · 6.2 wet days
June42
31° / 20°
72 mm · 12.1 wet days
July37
31° / 22°
148 mm · 15.9 wet days
August48
30° / 21°
121 mm · 12.5 wet days
September76
26° / 15°
50 mm · 9.1 wet days
October91
19° / 7°
21 mm · 3.9 wet days
November53
10° / -1°
8 mm · 2 wet days
December57
3° / -6°
3 mm · 0.6 wet day