Zhongwei
37.51° N, 105.19° E
When to go?
Mean −5 °C, 1 rain day in the month (2 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −11 °C
Mean −1 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −7 °C
Mean 6 °C, 1 rain day in the month (4 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 2 rain days in the month (10 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 3 rain days in the month (17 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 3 rain days in the month (26 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 5 rain days in the month (39 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 23 °C, 6 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 6 rain days in the month (37 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 3 rain days in the month (14 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 3 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean −4 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −9 °C
The best months are April–May, September–October. Avoid December–February (freezing), July (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.1 °C; in the last ten years by +1.5 °C. Warmest year: 2006 (+1.9 °C), coldest: 1970 (−1.0 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+1.9 and +1.9 °C), October the least (+0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 10 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −4 % every ten years.