Xi'an weather in July

In July, Xi'an sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 144 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Xi'an's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Xi'an's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
144 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:47 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Xi'an is capital of Shaanxi Province, China.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 63.1 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
951/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical July day in Xi'an reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Xi'an

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Xi'an weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°133.22.6100.4
Feb10° / 184.1210.72.5
Mar16° / 3360.711.75.4
Apr23° / 11°4670.112.87.1
May27° / 16°718.2013.86.5
Jun31° / 20°937.3014.24.7
Jul32° / 23°14410.7014.13.8
Aug31° / 22°12910.6013.34.6
Sep26° / 17°13311.7012.26.3
Oct20° / 11°8110011.16.2
Nov13° / 406.61.110.24.0
Dec / -1°133.31.49.81.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34258
44258
54258
64258
74258
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94456
104456
114555
124555
134654
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Xi'an gets around 144 mm of rain over 10.7 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1283145130
2282946150
3272847160
4172648170
5162549180
6162449191
7162349201
8152250221
9152149231
10052149241
11042049251
12041949261
13031849281
14031749291
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18021347352
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23121043423
2412942433
2512942443
2602941453
2702840454
2802840464
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Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:407:55
214.35:407:55
314.25:417:55
414.25:417:55
514.25:417:55
614.25:427:55
714.25:427:55
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1314.15:467:53
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2813.85:567:45
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3013.85:577:44
3113.85:587:43

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.48 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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305.4Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Xi'an

In seasonPeak

In July, Xi'an sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Xi'an's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Xi'an sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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

Is July a good time to visit Xi'an?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Xi'an. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Xi'an in July

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

In July, Xi'an sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Xi'an in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Xi'an peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJul 11UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Xi'an in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Xi'an is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 42 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Xi'an's WHO annual average of 63.1 µg/m³.

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1981 µg/m³Aug 1042 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May59Unhealthy
Jun49Poor
Jul43Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct65Unhealthy
Nov72Unhealthy
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Xi'an?

Xi'an sits at 34.3°N, 108.9°E, 416 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Luoyang, 325 km away.

LuoyangSongyangZhengzhouYinchuanChongqingZhangjiajieChengduWuhan

Topography around Xi'an

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Xi'an has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 409 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,645 m.

The land around Xi'an is covered by artificial surfaces (91%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (61%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
385 m
80 km
2,645 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Luoyang 325 km · Songyang 377 km · Zhengzhou 436 km · Yinchuan 525 km · Chongqing 568 km · Zhangjiajie 589 km · Chengdu 606 km · Wuhan 646 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 Xi'an (34.2583°, 108.9286°, elevation 416 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).