Climate averages 1991–2020
Xining weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Xining: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qiaotou (35 km away). In June its highs average 19.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Xining, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xining ranks 875th of 884 for the warmest June highs and joint 106th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Xining is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 21.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 66 | 11.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Qiaotou in JuneChina · 35 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Nianbo in JuneChina · 61 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JuneChina · 126 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 146 mm rain
- Wuwei in JuneChina · 164 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in JuneChina · 173 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Lanzhou in JuneChina · 197 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Jinchang in JuneChina · 212 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Baiyin in JuneChina · 216 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 40 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.