Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhangye weather
in November.
A cold, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Zhangye: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes November a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinchang (159 km away). In November its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Zhangye, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Zhangye ranks joint 709th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 7th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Zhangye is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 2.4 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Zhangye climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 13 | 3.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 6.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 1.1°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 9.59 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
November in nearby cities
- Jinchang in NovemberChina · 159 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Jiuquan in NovemberChina · 189 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in NovemberChina · 210 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Wuwei in NovemberChina · 220 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Qiaotou in NovemberChina · 247 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -9.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in NovemberChina · 254 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Xining in NovemberChina · 281 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Nianbo in NovemberChina · 323 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 11 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 Zhangye) is explained once on the Zhangye year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.