Climate guideThirty-year normals for Qufu
Qufu climate by month
Monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental · DwaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation724 mm82 wet days a year
35.60° N, 116.99° EElevation 69 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goQufu · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low21° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Qufu has a monsoon-influenced hot-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwa): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 724 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (191 mm, 17 wet days) and January the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in November to 44% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Qufu is 1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- November · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 33 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 46 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 | 5° | 8° | 14° | 21° | 26° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 13° | 7° |
| Average low | -5° | -3° | 2° | 9° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 3° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 12 mm | 21 mm | 31 mm | 59 mm | 100 mm | 191 mm | 168 mm | 71 mm | 35 mm | 19 mm | 9 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 34% | 38% | 38% | 40% | 41% | 44% | 38% | 36% | 32% | 28% | 28% |
| Daylight | 10h 00 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 04 | 14h 01 | 14h 33 | 14h 21 | 13h 32 | 12h 27 | 11h 20 | 10h 19 | 9h 46 |
| Month score | 54 | 49 | 69 | 84 | 75 | 47 | 37 | 44 | 74 | 89 | 65 | 52 |
ivMonth by month
Qufu in every month
January54
5° / -5°
8 mm · 1.9 wet days
February49
8° / -3°
12 mm · 3.1 wet days
March69
14° / 2°
21 mm · 2.5 wet days
April84
21° / 9°
31 mm · 5.3 wet days
May75
26° / 15°
59 mm · 6.8 wet days
June47
31° / 20°
100 mm · 10.7 wet days
July37
31° / 23°
191 mm · 17.1 wet days
August44
30° / 22°
168 mm · 15.8 wet days
September74
26° / 17°
71 mm · 8 wet days
October89
21° / 10°
35 mm · 4.2 wet days
November65
13° / 3°
19 mm · 4.1 wet days
December52
7° / -3°
9 mm · 2.7 wet days