Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 5th 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.
March is a freezing month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average -2.0°C and nights cool to about -13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In March its highs average -7.4°C, 5.4°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 880th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 248th of 884 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 16.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 21 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | -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
March in nearby cities
- Gengqing in MarchChina · 198 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -18.8°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Qamdo (approximate) in MarchChina · 209 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MarchChina · 538 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Kangding in MarchChina · 575 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Xining in MarchChina · 592 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MarchChina · 610 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Nianbo in MarchChina · 627 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Tinsukia in MarchIndia · 633 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 190 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.