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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pitong
Pitong climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Apr · Sep · Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation971 mm143 wet days a year
30.81° N, 103.88° EElevation 564 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goPitong · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep · Nov
October: high / low20° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pitong has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 29° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°.
About 971 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (227 mm, 21 wet days) and December the driest (10 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 49% in August to 57% in October.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Pitong is 2.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 49% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 10 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 | 9° | 11° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Average low | 2° | 4° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 12 mm | 15 mm | 28 mm | 49 mm | 79 mm | 114 mm | 227 mm | 237 mm | 138 mm | 43 mm | 19 mm | 10 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 18.4 | 14.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 54% | 54% | 53% | 52% | 54% | 52% | 49% | 55% | 57% | 52% | 50% |
| Daylight | 10h 22 | 11h 06 | 11h 57 | 12h 54 | 13h 42 | 14h 08 | 13h 58 | 13h 17 | 12h 23 | 11h 28 | 10h 37 | 10h 10 |
| Month score | 43 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 57 | 56 | 63 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Pitong in every month
January43
9° / 2°
12 mm · 3 wet days
February45
11° / 4°
15 mm · 3.3 wet days
March55
15° / 7°
28 mm · 8.8 wet days
April63
21° / 12°
49 mm · 11.7 wet days
May54
26° / 17°
79 mm · 16.2 wet days
June45
28° / 20°
114 mm · 18.4 wet days
July41
29° / 22°
227 mm · 20.9 wet days
August45
28° / 21°
237 mm · 19.9 wet days
September57
25° / 18°
138 mm · 18.4 wet days
October56
20° / 14°
43 mm · 14.4 wet days
November63
15° / 9°
19 mm · 5.4 wet days
December43
10° / 4°
10 mm · 2.7 wet days