Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd 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.
January is a freezing month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average -8.6°C and nights cool to about -21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.7 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In January its highs average -12.9°C, 4.3°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 10 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks joint 801st of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 317th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 14.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to -5.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.7 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | -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
January in nearby cities
- Gengqing in JanuaryChina · 198 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -25.3°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Qamdo (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 209 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -11.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in JanuaryChina · 538 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -13.6°C · 9.2 mm precipitation
- Kangding in JanuaryChina · 575 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Xining in JanuaryChina · 592 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -12.3°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Qiaotou in JanuaryChina · 610 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -17.2°C · 5.0 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in JanuaryChina · 627 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -13.3°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in JanuaryIndia · 633 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 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.