Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 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.
December is a freezing month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average -7.7°C and nights cool to about -21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In December its highs average -12.1°C, 4.4°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 9.8 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 813th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 181st of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 15.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to -8.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 7.4 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | -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
December in nearby cities
- Gengqing in DecemberChina · 198 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -25.1°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Qamdo (approximate) in DecemberChina · 209 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -11.5°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in DecemberChina · 538 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -12.2°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Kangding in DecemberChina · 575 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -9.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Xining in DecemberChina · 592 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.6°C · 2.2 mm precipitation
- Qiaotou in DecemberChina · 610 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -16.4°C · 3.8 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in DecemberChina · 627 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -10.7°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in DecemberIndia · 633 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 13 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.