Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gaoping
Gaoping climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation499 mm80 wet days a year
35.79° N, 112.92° EElevation 838 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goGaoping · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low17° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gaoping 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 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 499 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (123 mm, 15 wet days) and December the driest (6 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in December to 42% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Gaoping is 3.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -8° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 23% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 45 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 | 3° | 6° | 11° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 10° | 4° |
| Average low | -8° | -5° | 0° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 18° | 13° | 7° | 0° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 5 mm | 8 mm | 16 mm | 23 mm | 45 mm | 60 mm | 123 mm | 108 mm | 60 mm | 31 mm | 14 mm | 6 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 7 | 10 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 33% | 39% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 37% | 39% | 34% | 27% | 23% |
| Daylight | 9h 59 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 04 | 14h 02 | 14h 34 | 14h 22 | 13h 33 | 12h 27 | 11h 20 | 10h 18 | 9h 45 |
| Month score | 54 | 49 | 54 | 84 | 79 | 62 | 49 | 58 | 72 | 83 | 51 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Gaoping in every month
January54
3° / -8°
5 mm · 1.9 wet days
February49
6° / -5°
8 mm · 3.1 wet days
March54
11° / 0°
16 mm · 2.7 wet days
April84
19° / 7°
23 mm · 5.2 wet days
May79
24° / 12°
45 mm · 7 wet days
June62
27° / 17°
60 mm · 10 wet days
July49
28° / 20°
123 mm · 15.2 wet days
August58
27° / 18°
108 mm · 14.3 wet days
September72
23° / 13°
60 mm · 10.3 wet days
October83
17° / 7°
31 mm · 5 wet days
November51
10° / 0°
14 mm · 3.5 wet days
December54
4° / -5°
6 mm · 1.8 wet days