Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in September.
A cool, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th 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.
September is a cool month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In September its highs average 9.6°C, 5.1°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 882nd of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 645th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.4°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gengqing in SeptemberChina · 198 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Qamdo (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 209 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in SeptemberChina · 538 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Kangding in SeptemberChina · 575 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Xining in SeptemberChina · 592 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Qiaotou in SeptemberChina · 610 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Nianbo in SeptemberChina · 627 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Tinsukia in SeptemberIndia · 633 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 297 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.