Jiayuguan weather in June

In June, Jiayuguan sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of June to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Jiayuguan's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jiayuguan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
14°
10th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
6:03 AM – 8:51 PM
Cloud cover
54%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Jiayuguan is prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 25.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
189/km²
people per km²
Founded
1965

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical June day in Jiayuguan reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 4°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Jiayuguan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Jiayuguan weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -13°31.11.79.50.0
Feb / -10°31.11.510.40.0
Mar / -4°102.32.211.71.6
Apr15° / 92.30.8135.7
May21° / 153.90.214.27.4
Jun25° / 14°204.2014.87.8
Jul27° / 16°255.2014.57.5
Aug25° / 14°275.4013.67.8
Sep20° / 183.5012.37.6
Oct14° / 71.80.610.94.9
Nov / -5°51.61.79.80.7
Dec-2° / -11°41.41.89.20.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25545
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Jiayuguan gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3018

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in June

Winds average 10 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of June to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 8:42 PM to 8:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.66:068:42
214.66:068:43
314.66:058:44
414.76:058:45
514.76:058:45
614.76:048:46
714.76:048:47
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1014.76:038:48
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 6.89 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 6.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Jiayuguan

In seasonPeak

In June, Jiayuguan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Jiayuguan sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Jiayuguan?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Jiayuguan for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jiayuguan in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Jiayuguan sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Jiayuguan in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jiayuguan peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateLowJul 14UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Jiayuguan in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jiayuguan is worst in May — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Jiayuguan's WHO annual average of 25.9 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1039 µg/m³Dec 1816 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr39Poor
May39Poor
Jun25Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Jiayuguan?

Jiayuguan sits at 39.8°N, 98.3°E, 1,635 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Dunhuang, 309 km away.

DunhuangBogdHovdDalandzadgadYinchuanBayanhongorAltaiArvayheer

Topography around Jiayuguan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jiayuguan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jiayuguan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 1,636 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 748 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,337 m.

The land around Jiayuguan is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
748 m
80 km
4,337 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater
June weather nearby: Dunhuang 309 km · Bogd 628 km · Hovd 636 km · Dalandzadgad 659 km · Yinchuan 705 km · Bayanhongor 737 km · Altai 748 km · Arvayheer 805 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jiayuguan (39.8112°, 98.2862°, elevation 1,635 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).