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Beijing in July

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Beijing is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Beijing is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
14h 41mon average

Is July a good time to visit Beijing?

July sits outside Beijing's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 93°F in July, against 38°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in July, against 3°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in July, against 4% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in July, against 24% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

14h 41m in July, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June93°34°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. July93°34°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. August90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Beijing sits, in July

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
4:58 AMsets 7:43 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai1068 km south-east

The land around Beijing, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Beijing

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Beijing. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.