Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pingdu
Pingdu climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean13°day and night
Seasonal swing28°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation638 mm88 wet days a year
36.78° N, 119.95° EElevation 59 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goPingdu · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low20° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pingdu has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 30° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 28°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 638 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (154 mm, 17 wet days) and January the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in October to 45% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Pingdu is 1.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · July
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- October · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 40 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 40 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° | 12° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 5° |
| Average low | -6° | -5° | 0° | 7° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 2° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 10 mm | 18 mm | 27 mm | 53 mm | 70 mm | 181 mm | 154 mm | 57 mm | 31 mm | 20 mm | 9 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 9 | 7 | 4.7 | 2.2 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 32% | 34% | 35% | 38% | 40% | 45% | 39% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| Daylight | 9h 54 | 10h 50 | 11h 54 | 13h 07 | 14h 07 | 14h 40 | 14h 27 | 13h 36 | 12h 28 | 11h 18 | 10h 14 | 9h 40 |
| Month score | 53 | 48 | 60 | 84 | 76 | 54 | 38 | 45 | 74 | 84 | 58 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Pingdu in every month
January53
3° / -6°
8 mm · 1.8 wet days
February48
6° / -5°
10 mm · 3.7 wet days
March60
12° / 0°
18 mm · 2.7 wet days
April84
20° / 7°
27 mm · 5.7 wet days
May76
25° / 13°
53 mm · 8.5 wet days
June54
29° / 18°
70 mm · 10.5 wet days
July38
30° / 22°
181 mm · 15.7 wet days
August45
29° / 21°
154 mm · 16.8 wet days
September74
26° / 16°
57 mm · 9 wet days
October84
20° / 10°
31 mm · 7 wet days
November58
12° / 2°
20 mm · 4.7 wet days
December53
5° / -4°
9 mm · 2.2 wet days