Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dingcheng
Dingcheng climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean25°day and night
Seasonal swing10°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,494 mm192 wet days a year
19.68° N, 110.36° EElevation 41 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goDingcheng · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low28° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dingcheng has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 33° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 10°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,494 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (395 mm, 27 wet days) and February the driest (38 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in April to 65% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Dingcheng is 0.7° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 33° · July
- Coldest nights
- 16° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- April · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 19 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 57 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 | 23° | 25° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 23° |
| Average low | 16° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 38 mm | 55 mm | 160 mm | 342 mm | 327 mm | 304 mm | 395 mm | 385 mm | 328 mm | 100 mm | 40 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.5 | 6.3 | 9 | 11.5 | 21.3 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 23.7 | 21 | 11.8 | 6.7 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 47% | 40% | 37% | 53% | 65% | 54% | 58% | 49% | 38% | 39% | 43% |
| Daylight | 11h 04 | 11h 30 | 12h 00 | 12h 35 | 13h 03 | 13h 19 | 13h 13 | 12h 49 | 12h 16 | 11h 43 | 11h 13 | 10h 57 |
| Month score | 78 | 78 | 62 | 45 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 50 | 65 | 79 |
ivMonth by month
Dingcheng in every month
January78
23° / 16°
20 mm · 6.5 wet days
February78
25° / 18°
38 mm · 6.3 wet days
March62
28° / 20°
55 mm · 9 wet days
April45
31° / 23°
160 mm · 11.5 wet days
May29
32° / 25°
342 mm · 21.3 wet days
June22
32° / 26°
327 mm · 24.5 wet days
July26
33° / 26°
304 mm · 23.5 wet days
August27
32° / 25°
395 mm · 26.5 wet days
September37
30° / 24°
385 mm · 23.7 wet days
October50
28° / 22°
328 mm · 21 wet days
November65
26° / 20°
100 mm · 11.8 wet days
December79
23° / 17°
40 mm · 6.7 wet days