Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In July its highs average 23.3°C, 2.1°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks joint 877th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 91st of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Qiaotou is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Qiaotou 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-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.7°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 8.7 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 16.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 100 | 16.9 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 21.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 112 | 17.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 18.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 122 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 10.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 4.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | -0.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.710 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
July in nearby cities
- Xining in JulyChina · 35 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Nianbo in JulyChina · 83 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 139 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JulyChina · 161 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 180 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 202 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Lanzhou in JulyChina · 217 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Baiyin in JulyChina · 227 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 59 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 Qiaotou) is explained once on the Qiaotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.