Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pingyao
Pingyao climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation526 mm69 wet days a year
37.20° N, 112.18° EElevation 763 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goPingyao · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low18° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pingyao 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 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 526 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (120 mm, 14 wet days) and January the driest (4 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 20% in December to 37% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Pingyao is 1.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · July
- Coldest nights
- -8° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- December · 20% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 9 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 | 4° | 7° | 13° | 20° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 11° | 5° |
| Average low | -8° | -5° | -1° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 18° | 13° | 6° | -1° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 6 mm | 14 mm | 28 mm | 44 mm | 65 mm | 120 mm | 122 mm | 70 mm | 36 mm | 13 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 28% | 34% | 33% | 36% | 37% | 34% | 31% | 34% | 29% | 21% | 20% |
| Daylight | 9h 52 | 10h 49 | 11h 54 | 13h 08 | 14h 09 | 14h 42 | 14h 29 | 13h 37 | 12h 28 | 11h 17 | 10h 12 | 9h 37 |
| Month score | 56 | 53 | 65 | 88 | 81 | 55 | 43 | 55 | 77 | 88 | 57 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Pingyao in every month
January56
4° / -8°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
February53
7° / -5°
6 mm · 2 wet days
March65
13° / -1°
14 mm · 2.1 wet days
April88
20° / 6°
28 mm · 4.5 wet days
May81
26° / 12°
44 mm · 5.8 wet days
June55
29° / 17°
65 mm · 10.1 wet days
July43
30° / 20°
120 mm · 13.8 wet days
August55
29° / 18°
122 mm · 12.6 wet days
September77
24° / 13°
70 mm · 8.9 wet days
October88
18° / 6°
36 mm · 5.1 wet days
November57
11° / -1°
13 mm · 2.8 wet days
December56
5° / -6°
4 mm · 1 wet day