Pingliang climate

Name: Pingliang
Address: CN

Pingliang is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.5 °C. August is the wettest month (148 mm) and December the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pingliang averages 715 mm of rain, 68 days above 25 °C and 134 days below freezing.

China · population 504,848 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 27 °C
Coldest month January -8.5 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month August 148 mm
Least cloud December 40 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectPingliang through the year

Pingliang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.5 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 68 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 134 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 148 mm against 5 mm in December — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.5 °C	9 mm	47 %
February	5.6 °C	15 mm	55 %
March	11.2 °C	31 mm	61 %
April	17.5 °C	43 mm	59 %
May	21.6 °C	62 mm	64 %
June	25.3 °C	80 mm	62 %
July	26.7 °C	122 mm	58 %
August	25.0 °C	148 mm	59 %
September	20.3 °C	115 mm	65 %
October	15.1 °C	65 mm	61 %
November	9.4 °C	21 mm	46 %
December	4.0 °C	5 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	2.5 °C	-8.5 °C	-3.4 °C	16.6 °C	-25.2 °C	0	0	31
February	5.6 °C	-5.9 °C	-0.3 °C	18.3 °C	-19.7 °C	0	0	27
March	11.2 °C	-1.0 °C	5.0 °C	24.3 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	19
April	17.5 °C	4.7 °C	11.1 °C	30.5 °C	-5.5 °C	2	0	3
May	21.6 °C	9.7 °C	15.7 °C	30.5 °C	0.2 °C	7	0	0
June	25.3 °C	14.2 °C	19.9 °C	33.5 °C	6.6 °C	17	2	0
July	26.7 °C	16.8 °C	21.8 °C	35.3 °C	10.2 °C	23	4	0
August	25.0 °C	15.9 °C	20.4 °C	33.4 °C	6.9 °C	17	1	0
September	20.3 °C	11.4 °C	15.8 °C	32.1 °C	1.6 °C	3	0	0
October	15.1 °C	4.8 °C	9.9 °C	26.9 °C	-8.5 °C	0	0	3
November	9.4 °C	-1.6 °C	3.6 °C	20.1 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	21
December	4.0 °C	-6.4 °C	-1.8 °C	13.7 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	2	10 h/day	47 %	56 %	13 km/h
February	15 mm	4	11 h/day	55 %	59 %	14 km/h
March	31 mm	6	12 h/day	61 %	59 %	16 km/h
April	43 mm	7	13 h/day	59 %	56 %	17 km/h
May	62 mm	9	14 h/day	64 %	57 %	17 km/h
June	80 mm	9	15 h/day	62 %	63 %	15 km/h
July	122 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	71 %	14 km/h
August	148 mm	13	14 h/day	59 %	75 %	14 km/h
September	115 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	77 %	14 km/h
October	65 mm	10	11 h/day	61 %	72 %	14 km/h
November	21 mm	5	10 h/day	46 %	67 %	14 km/h
December	5 mm	2	9.8 h/day	40 %	56 %	13 km/h

How Pingliang compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Pingliang	27 °C	-8.5 °C	715 mm	68
Guyuan · China	25 °C	-12 °C	607 mm	39
Qingyang · China	27 °C	-9.0 °C	642 mm	76
Tianshui · China	28 °C	-5.6 °C	757 mm	86
Baoji · China	31 °C	-2.9 °C	733 mm	118
Dingxi · China	25 °C	-11 °C	553 mm	40
Tongchuan · China	31 °C	-5.0 °C	608 mm	118

Where Pingliang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	36thof 50	90/100
The coolest places in Asia in September	45thof 50	20 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pingliang.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pingliang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pingliang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Pingliang get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 134 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Pingliang?

August, averaging 148 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 715 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Pingliang rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.