Climate guideThirty-year normals for Danxia
Danxia climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Oct–Dec
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,738 mm170 wet days a year
25.05° N, 113.75° EElevation 115 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goDanxia · weather score
Best timeOct–Dec
October: high / low28° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Danxia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 33° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 1,738 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (255 mm, 21 wet days) and December the driest (44 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in October to 61% in March.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Danxia is 2.4° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- October · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 36 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 | 15° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 31° | 28° | 22° | 17° |
| Average low | 6° | 8° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 80 mm | 123 mm | 205 mm | 234 mm | 255 mm | 256 mm | 182 mm | 148 mm | 104 mm | 51 mm | 56 mm | 44 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.2 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 14 | 18.3 | 14.5 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 6.2 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 57% | 61% | 58% | 55% | 60% | 51% | 44% | 36% | 31% | 32% | 31% |
| Daylight | 10h 44 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 44 | 13h 21 | 13h 41 | 13h 33 | 13h 02 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 56 | 10h 36 |
| Month score | 57 | 46 | 54 | 55 | 46 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 68 | 72 | 81 |
ivMonth by month
Danxia in every month
January57
15° / 6°
80 mm · 8.2 wet days
February46
16° / 8°
123 mm · 13.5 wet days
March54
19° / 12°
205 mm · 15.5 wet days
April55
24° / 17°
234 mm · 16.8 wet days
May46
28° / 21°
255 mm · 21.2 wet days
June35
30° / 24°
256 mm · 21.2 wet days
July28
32° / 25°
182 mm · 14 wet days
August30
33° / 25°
148 mm · 18.3 wet days
September41
31° / 22°
104 mm · 14.5 wet days
October68
28° / 18°
51 mm · 8.8 wet days
November72
22° / 12°
56 mm · 11.7 wet days
December81
17° / 7°
44 mm · 6.2 wet days