Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in November.
A cold, 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 cold month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In November its highs average 6.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks joint 779th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 83rd of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Qiaotou is 9.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.0°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 3.8 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Xining in NovemberChina · 35 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Nianbo in NovemberChina · 83 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Wuwei in NovemberChina · 139 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in NovemberChina · 161 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -8.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Jinchang in NovemberChina · 180 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in NovemberChina · 202 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Lanzhou in NovemberChina · 217 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Baiyin in NovemberChina · 227 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.5°C · 5.7 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.