Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th 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.
May is a cool month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In May its highs average 6.1°C, 4.8°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 883rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 357th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 14.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gengqing in MayChina · 198 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Qamdo (approximate) in MayChina · 209 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in MayChina · 538 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Kangding in MayChina · 575 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Xining in MayChina · 592 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MayChina · 610 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Nianbo in MayChina · 627 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Tinsukia in MayIndia · 633 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 333 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.