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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mentougou
Mentougou climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing30°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation583 mm67 wet days a year
39.94° N, 116.09° EElevation 111 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goMentougou · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low19° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mentougou has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 31° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 30°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 583 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (179 mm, 15 wet days) and January the driest (3 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in December to 40% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Mentougou is 1° cooler on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · June
- Coldest nights
- -9° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 59 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 22 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 | 2° | 6° | 12° | 21° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 19° | 10° | 3° |
| Average low | -9° | -6° | -1° | 7° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 21° | 15° | 7° | -1° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 3 mm | 5 mm | 11 mm | 27 mm | 40 mm | 83 mm | 179 mm | 143 mm | 56 mm | 23 mm | 10 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 24% | 28% | 30% | 35% | 40% | 40% | 36% | 30% | 25% | 19% | 17% |
| Daylight | 9h 38 | 10h 41 | 11h 53 | 13h 14 | 14h 22 | 14h 59 | 14h 45 | 13h 47 | 12h 30 | 11h 12 | 10h 00 | 9h 22 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 66 | 91 | 74 | 45 | 38 | 49 | 78 | 91 | 54 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Mentougou in every month
January57
2° / -9°
3 mm · 0.5 wet day
February55
6° / -6°
5 mm · 1.2 wet day
March66
12° / -1°
11 mm · 2.1 wet days
April91
21° / 7°
27 mm · 4 wet days
May74
27° / 14°
40 mm · 6.2 wet days
June45
31° / 19°
83 mm · 10.9 wet days
July38
31° / 22°
179 mm · 15.1 wet days
August49
29° / 21°
143 mm · 12.6 wet days
September78
26° / 15°
56 mm · 8.3 wet days
October91
19° / 7°
23 mm · 3.8 wet days
November54
10° / -1°
10 mm · 1.9 wet days
December56
3° / -6°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day