Climate guideThirty-year normals for Wuwei
Wuwei climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing28°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation170 mm56 wet days a year
37.93° N, 102.63° EElevation 1,542 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goWuwei · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low15° / 2°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Wuwei has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 28°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 170 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (35 mm, 11 wet days) and December the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in November to 40% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Wuwei is 3.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -12° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- November · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 47 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 33 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 | 0° | 4° | 10° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 22° | 15° | 8° | 2° |
| Average low | -12° | -9° | -4° | 1° | 7° | 13° | 15° | 14° | 9° | 2° | -4° | -10° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 8 mm | 17 mm | 28 mm | 31 mm | 35 mm | 24 mm | 11 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 40% | 40% | 32% | 30% | 34% | 27% | 19% | 22% |
| Daylight | 9h 49 | 10h 47 | 11h 54 | 13h 09 | 14h 12 | 14h 47 | 14h 33 | 13h 40 | 12h 28 | 11h 16 | 10h 09 | 9h 33 |
| Month score | 57 | 56 | 53 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 62 | 66 | 77 | 76 | 56 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Wuwei in every month
January57
0° / -12°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
February56
4° / -9°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days
March53
10° / -4°
7 mm · 1.2 wet day
April87
18° / 1°
8 mm · 3.3 wet days
May80
23° / 7°
17 mm · 6.7 wet days
June69
27° / 13°
28 mm · 8.2 wet days
July62
28° / 15°
31 mm · 9.9 wet days
August66
27° / 14°
35 mm · 10.9 wet days
September77
22° / 9°
24 mm · 9.1 wet days
October76
15° / 2°
11 mm · 4.5 wet days
November56
8° / -4°
3 mm · 0.9 wet day
December58
2° / -10°
2 mm · 0.1 wet days