Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 479 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 3.1°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
April is a cold month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In April its highs average -2.3°C, 5.3°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 52 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 883rd of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 129th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 17.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Yushu (Qinghai), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.6°C-21.2°C | -21.2°C | 9.7 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | -5.4°C-17.7°C | -17.7°C | 11 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | -2.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 21 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 3.0°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 29 | 9.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 10.9°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 72 | 15.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 15.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 142 | 21.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 136 | 21.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 17.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 119 | 19.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 14.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 6.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 63 | 15.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | -3.2°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 12 | 4.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | -7.7°C-21.3°C | -21.3°C | 7.4 | 2.5 | 10.010 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
April in nearby cities
- Gengqing in AprilChina · 198 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -12.7°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Qamdo (approximate) in AprilChina · 209 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AprilChina · 538 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Kangding in AprilChina · 575 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Xining in AprilChina · 592 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AprilChina · 610 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Nianbo in AprilChina · 627 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Tinsukia in AprilIndia · 633 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 329 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 Yushu) is explained once on the Yushu (Qinghai), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.