Climate averages 1991–2020
Yan’an weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Yan’an: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wayaobu (62 km away). In November its highs average 9.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Yan’an, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yan’an ranks joint 651st of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 199th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Yan’an is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 4.8 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Yan’an climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 38 | 6.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 46 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 60 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 133 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 85 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 17.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 10.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Wayaobu in NovemberChina · 62 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Hancheng in NovemberChina · 152 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in NovemberChina · 173 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Lüliang in NovemberChina · 179 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Yulinshi in NovemberChina · 189 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Linfen in NovemberChina · 190 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Qingyang in NovemberChina · 193 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Tongchuan in NovemberChina · 195 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 27 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 Yan’an) is explained once on the Yan’an year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.