Average annual temperature is 9.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 36.0 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -26.3 °C
Number of sunny days: 276 days
Number of rainy days: 77 days
Number of snow days: 12 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) | 5.4 | 11.3 | 21.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 35.8 | 32.3 | 22.9 | 20.0 | 10.8 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -3.1 | 3.5 | 12.0 | 15.6 | 23.9 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 24.9 | 17.9 | 3.9 | -3.9 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -8.3 | -2.1 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 17.6 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 18.5 | 11.4 | -1.1 | -8.9 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -13.6 | -7.5 | -2.3 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 4.9 | -5.6 | -13.3 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -24.0 | -12.0 | -6.9 | -3.3 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 4.7 | 0.1 | -13.5 | -26.3 |
| 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| 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) | 8.1 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 1 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 67 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Sunny days | 29 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 26 |
| Rainy days | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Snow days | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
The largest precipitation sum in Qaidam is at