Climate guideThirty-year normals for Shitan
Shitan climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jan · Nov–Dec
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,084 mm165 wet days a year
23.18° N, 113.79° EElevation 8 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goShitan · weather score
Best timeJan · Nov–Dec
October: high / low29° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Shitan has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 32° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 2,084 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (280 mm, 25 wet days) and December the driest (31 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in October to 62% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Shitan is 1.4° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- October · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 33 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 43 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 | 19° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 30° | 29° | 25° | 20° |
| Average low | 10° | 12° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 40 mm | 70 mm | 110 mm | 224 mm | 322 mm | 420 mm | 296 mm | 280 mm | 190 mm | 61 mm | 40 mm | 31 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.7 | 8 | 12.8 | 13 | 21.8 | 25 | 18.5 | 25.3 | 19 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 3.8 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 58% | 61% | 58% | 57% | 62% | 52% | 49% | 38% | 27% | 27% | 30% |
| Daylight | 10h 51 | 11h 23 | 11h 59 | 12h 41 | 13h 15 | 13h 33 | 13h 26 | 12h 57 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 02 | 10h 43 |
| Month score | 84 | 69 | 57 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 41 | 68 | 85 | 91 |
ivMonth by month
Shitan in every month
January84
19° / 10°
40 mm · 4.7 wet days
February69
20° / 12°
70 mm · 8 wet days
March57
23° / 15°
110 mm · 12.8 wet days
April52
26° / 20°
224 mm · 13 wet days
May40
29° / 23°
322 mm · 21.8 wet days
June31
30° / 25°
420 mm · 25 wet days
July31
31° / 25°
296 mm · 18.5 wet days
August32
32° / 25°
280 mm · 25.3 wet days
September41
30° / 24°
190 mm · 19 wet days
October68
29° / 20°
61 mm · 7.2 wet days
November85
25° / 15°
40 mm · 6.2 wet days
December91
20° / 10°
31 mm · 3.8 wet days