Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lichuan
Lichuan climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,408 mm145 wet days a year
30.30° N, 108.85° EElevation 1,255 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLichuan · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low17° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lichuan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,408 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (236 mm, 17 wet days) and December the driest (25 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 50% in August to 65% in February.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Lichuan is 5.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 50% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 12 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 | 5° | 7° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 12° | 7° |
| Average low | -2° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 5° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 25 mm | 34 mm | 54 mm | 123 mm | 187 mm | 227 mm | 236 mm | 193 mm | 132 mm | 115 mm | 57 mm | 25 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.4 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 16.8 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 5.2 |
| Cloud cover | 60% | 65% | 65% | 62% | 59% | 60% | 60% | 50% | 52% | 61% | 58% | 58% |
| Daylight | 10h 24 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 40 | 14h 05 | 13h 56 | 13h 16 | 12h 23 | 11h 28 | 10h 39 | 10h 12 |
| Month score | 30 | 25 | 24 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 34 |
ivMonth by month
Lichuan in every month
January30
5° / -2°
25 mm · 6.4 wet days
February25
7° / 0°
34 mm · 7.9 wet days
March24
11° / 4°
54 mm · 10.6 wet days
April48
17° / 9°
123 mm · 13.9 wet days
May55
21° / 14°
187 mm · 16.8 wet days
June54
24° / 17°
227 mm · 15.7 wet days
July51
26° / 19°
236 mm · 17.3 wet days
August55
26° / 19°
193 mm · 15.1 wet days
September60
22° / 15°
132 mm · 12.9 wet days
October48
17° / 10°
115 mm · 13.5 wet days
November33
12° / 5°
57 mm · 10.2 wet days
December34
7° / 0°
25 mm · 5.2 wet days