Climate averages 1991–2020

Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in July.

A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 11th 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.

Average high 17.6°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 7.8°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 136 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yushu · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In July its highs average 12.2°C, 5.4°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 174 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 883rd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 159th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 12.4°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 119 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-505101520 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yushu (Qinghai), China, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -8.6°C-21.2°C-21.2°C9.73.310.210 h
February -5.4°C-17.7°C-17.7°C113.811.011 h
March -2.0°C-13.6°C-13.6°C216.512.012 h
April 3.0°C-8.3°C-8.3°C299.513.013 h
May 10.9°C-1.3°C-1.3°C7215.113.814 h
June 15.5°C4.5°C4.5°C14221.714.314 h
July, selected 17.6°C7.8°C7.8°C13621.214.114 h
August 17.4°C7.5°C7.5°C11919.713.413 h
September 14.6°C4.4°C4.4°C11820.712.412 h
October 6.2°C-5.4°C-5.4°C6315.111.411 h
November -3.2°C-17.0°C-17.0°C124.510.510 h
December -7.7°C-21.3°C-21.3°C7.42.510.010 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Yushu

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 limits

How 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.