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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lufu
Lufu climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation803 mm132 wet days a year
24.76° N, 103.27° EElevation 1,681 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goLufu · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low20° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lufu has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 26° and nights 15°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 803 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (141 mm, 21 wet days) and February the driest (16 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in March to 60% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Lufu is 2.4° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · May
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- March · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 37 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 | 16° | 19° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 18° | 15° |
| Average low | 5° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 16 mm | 20 mm | 24 mm | 81 mm | 141 mm | 162 mm | 139 mm | 90 mm | 64 mm | 37 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.8 | 2.5 | 5 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 15.2 | 12.3 | 4.8 | 3 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 35% | 59% | 60% | 50% | 43% | 41% | 33% | 30% |
| Daylight | 10h 46 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 43 | 13h 20 | 13h 40 | 13h 32 | 13h 01 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 57 | 10h 37 |
| Month score | 81 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 62 | 55 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 85 | 77 |
ivMonth by month
Lufu in every month
January81
16° / 5°
15 mm · 3.8 wet days
February94
19° / 7°
16 mm · 2.5 wet days
March88
23° / 10°
20 mm · 5 wet days
April78
25° / 13°
24 mm · 8.7 wet days
May62
26° / 15°
81 mm · 13.8 wet days
June55
25° / 17°
141 mm · 21.4 wet days
July54
25° / 17°
162 mm · 20.8 wet days
August59
25° / 17°
139 mm · 20.6 wet days
September62
23° / 15°
90 mm · 15.2 wet days
October66
20° / 13°
64 mm · 12.3 wet days
November85
18° / 8°
37 mm · 4.8 wet days
December77
15° / 5°
14 mm · 3 wet days