Climate averages 1991–2020
Lanzhou weather
in November.
A cool, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Lanzhou: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baiyin (62 km away). In November its highs average 7.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Lanzhou, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lanzhou ranks joint 670th of 884 for the warmest November highs and 46th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Lanzhou is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.7 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lanzhou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 4.2 | 1.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 5.8 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.8°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 13 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 24 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 12.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 100 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 22.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 16.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 41 | 9.0 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 9.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 7.7 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Baiyin in NovemberChina · 62 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in NovemberChina · 76 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Dingxi in NovemberChina · 89 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Nianbo in NovemberChina · 136 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in NovemberChina · 175 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Luomen in NovemberChina · 180 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Pan’an in NovemberChina · 185 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Xinxing in NovemberChina · 196 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 21 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lanzhou) is explained once on the Lanzhou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.