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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ganshui
Ganshui climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,020 mm163 wet days a year
28.74° N, 106.71° EElevation 414 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goGanshui · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low21° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ganshui 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 32° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,020 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (170 mm, 20 wet days) and February the driest (25 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 46% in August to 63% in February.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Ganshui is 1.8° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- August · 46% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 10 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 | 11° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 28° | 21° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low | 5° | 7° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 11° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 26 mm | 25 mm | 42 mm | 90 mm | 136 mm | 170 mm | 148 mm | 125 mm | 94 mm | 88 mm | 48 mm | 28 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.4 | 6.9 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 7.3 |
| Cloud cover | 62% | 63% | 61% | 57% | 53% | 56% | 54% | 46% | 47% | 60% | 58% | 60% |
| Daylight | 10h 30 | 11h 10 | 11h 57 | 12h 50 | 13h 34 | 13h 58 | 13h 49 | 13h 12 | 12h 22 | 11h 31 | 10h 44 | 10h 20 |
| Month score | 31 | 44 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 31 | 48 | 54 | 59 | 40 |
ivMonth by month
Ganshui in every month
January31
11° / 5°
26 mm · 7.4 wet days
February44
13° / 7°
25 mm · 6.9 wet days
March55
17° / 10°
42 mm · 12.1 wet days
April56
22° / 15°
90 mm · 15.2 wet days
May53
26° / 19°
136 mm · 19.2 wet days
June41
29° / 22°
170 mm · 19.5 wet days
July29
32° / 25°
148 mm · 16.2 wet days
August31
32° / 24°
125 mm · 16.4 wet days
September48
28° / 21°
94 mm · 14.6 wet days
October54
21° / 16°
88 mm · 17.4 wet days
November59
17° / 11°
48 mm · 10.7 wet days
December40
12° / 6°
28 mm · 7.3 wet days