Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd 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.
February is a freezing month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average -5.4°C and nights cool to about -17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In February its highs average -10.3°C, 5.0°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks joint 823rd of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 220th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 14.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to -2.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 11 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | -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
February in nearby cities
- Gengqing in FebruaryChina · 198 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -22.6°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Qamdo (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 209 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -8.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in FebruaryChina · 538 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -11.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kangding in FebruaryChina · 575 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Xining in FebruaryChina · 592 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Qiaotou in FebruaryChina · 610 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.7 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in FebruaryChina · 627 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tinsukia in FebruaryIndia · 633 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 75 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.