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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Galutu
Galutu climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing31°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation316 mm64 wet days a year
38.60° N, 108.85° EElevation 1,303 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goGalutu · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low14° / 2°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Galutu 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 28° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 31°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 316 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (64 mm, 12 wet days) and December the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in November to 37% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Galutu is 3.6° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -15° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- November · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 29 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° | 2° | 9° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 21° | 14° | 6° | -1° |
| Average low | -15° | -10° | -4° | 2° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 15° | 10° | 2° | -5° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 11 mm | 14 mm | 30 mm | 48 mm | 64 mm | 80 mm | 41 mm | 15 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 29% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 32% | 31% | 32% | 27% | 19% | 19% |
| Daylight | 9h 45 | 10h 45 | 11h 54 | 13h 11 | 14h 15 | 14h 51 | 14h 37 | 13h 42 | 12h 29 | 11h 15 | 10h 06 | 9h 29 |
| Month score | 56 | 55 | 52 | 82 | 84 | 69 | 56 | 67 | 77 | 69 | 52 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Galutu in every month
January56
-2° / -15°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
February55
2° / -10°
3 mm · 1.3 wet day
March52
9° / -4°
11 mm · 2.2 wet days
April82
17° / 2°
14 mm · 3.8 wet days
May84
23° / 9°
30 mm · 5.8 wet days
June69
27° / 14°
48 mm · 8.6 wet days
July56
28° / 17°
64 mm · 12.4 wet days
August67
26° / 15°
80 mm · 12.3 wet days
September77
21° / 10°
41 mm · 9.6 wet days
October69
14° / 2°
15 mm · 4.7 wet days
November52
6° / -5°
6 mm · 2.4 wet days
December57
-1° / -12°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day