Average annual temperature is 7.9 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 33.0 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -26.0 °C
Number of sunny days: 263 days
Number of rainy days: 83 days
Number of snow days: 19 days
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* Weather data for Qaidam China is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 6.2 | 9.4 | 18.2 | 27.5 | 28.8 | 32.1 | 33.0 | 31.6 | 27.8 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 8.9 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -3.9 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 12.6 | 20.7 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 27.0 | 21.6 | 15.4 | 2.8 | -3.5 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -9.1 | -3.1 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 16.2 | 9.5 | -2.2 | -8.2 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -14.3 | -8.0 | -2.5 | 1.9 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 11.0 | 4.1 | -6.9 | -12.4 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -26.0 | -14.3 | -9.5 | -4.6 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 2.8 | -0.3 | -16.2 | -24.7 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 2 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 32 | 25 | 48 | 60 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| Sunny days | 28 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 26 |
| Rainy days | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Snow days | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
The largest precipitation sum in Qaidam is at