Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in July.
A warm, moderately 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 warm month in Xining: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In July its highs average 21.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Xining, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks joint 867th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 49th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Xining is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 85 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
Xining climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 8.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 81 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 22.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 85 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.3 | 2.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.3°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 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
- Qiaotou in JulyChina · 35 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Nianbo in JulyChina · 61 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JulyChina · 126 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Wuwei in JulyChina · 164 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in JulyChina · 173 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Lanzhou in JulyChina · 197 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Jinchang in JulyChina · 212 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Baiyin in JulyChina · 216 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 Xining) is explained once on the Xining year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.