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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Zigong
Zigong climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,096 mm165 wet days a year
29.34° N, 104.78° EElevation 306 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goZigong · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low21° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Zigong has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 1,096 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (224 mm, 21 wet days) and December the driest (17 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 51% in August to 63% in October.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Zigong 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
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 51% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 01 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 17 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 | 11° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 27° | 21° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low | 5° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 17 mm | 23 mm | 37 mm | 68 mm | 118 mm | 188 mm | 224 mm | 189 mm | 122 mm | 61 mm | 32 mm | 17 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.4 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.1 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 8.6 | 5.9 |
| Cloud cover | 59% | 60% | 57% | 55% | 53% | 57% | 57% | 51% | 54% | 63% | 58% | 60% |
| Daylight | 10h 28 | 11h 09 | 11h 57 | 12h 51 | 13h 36 | 14h 01 | 13h 51 | 13h 13 | 12h 22 | 11h 30 | 10h 42 | 10h 17 |
| Month score | 37 | 48 | 61 | 58 | 49 | 40 | 31 | 35 | 51 | 53 | 63 | 43 |
ivMonth by month
Zigong in every month
January37
11° / 5°
17 mm · 6.4 wet days
February48
13° / 6°
23 mm · 6.4 wet days
March61
18° / 9°
37 mm · 10.8 wet days
April58
23° / 14°
68 mm · 13.6 wet days
May49
27° / 19°
118 mm · 16.9 wet days
June40
29° / 22°
188 mm · 19.8 wet days
July31
31° / 24°
224 mm · 20.8 wet days
August35
31° / 23°
189 mm · 20.1 wet days
September51
27° / 20°
122 mm · 18.8 wet days
October53
21° / 16°
61 mm · 16.5 wet days
November63
17° / 11°
32 mm · 8.6 wet days
December43
12° / 6°
17 mm · 5.9 wet days