Climate guideThirty-year normals for Guyuan
Guyuan climate by month
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental · DwbBest May–Jul
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation432 mm75 wet days a year
36.01° N, 106.28° EElevation 1,740 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goGuyuan · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low13° / 2°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Guyuan has a monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 432 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (101 mm, 12 wet days) and December the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in December to 44% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Guyuan is 7.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -13° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- December · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 44 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 | 0° | 3° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 1° |
| Average low | -13° | -9° | -4° | 1° | 7° | 12° | 15° | 13° | 9° | 2° | -4° | -9° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 5 mm | 13 mm | 23 mm | 42 mm | 62 mm | 85 mm | 101 mm | 60 mm | 29 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 36% | 42% | 40% | 44% | 40% | 35% | 34% | 42% | 39% | 27% | 25% |
| Daylight | 9h 58 | 10h 52 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 03 | 14h 35 | 14h 23 | 13h 33 | 12h 27 | 11h 19 | 10h 17 | 9h 44 |
| Month score | 54 | 51 | 46 | 66 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 54 | 51 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Guyuan in every month
January54
0° / -13°
4 mm · 1.6 wet days
February51
3° / -9°
5 mm · 2.1 wet days
March46
8° / -4°
13 mm · 3 wet days
April66
14° / 1°
23 mm · 4.7 wet days
May76
19° / 7°
42 mm · 7.7 wet days
June74
23° / 12°
62 mm · 9.2 wet days
July69
25° / 15°
85 mm · 12.2 wet days
August69
23° / 13°
101 mm · 12.3 wet days
September68
19° / 9°
60 mm · 11.6 wet days
October54
13° / 2°
29 mm · 6.7 wet days
November51
7° / -4°
6 mm · 3 wet days
December57
1° / -9°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day