Average annual temperature is 9.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 36.2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -23.5 °C
Number of sunny days: 267 days
Number of rainy days: 82 days
Number of snow days: 16 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) | 5.1 | 11.9 | 21.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 35.1 | 36.2 | 33.9 | 31.1 | 21.9 | 22.8 | 11.1 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -2.9 | 3.6 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 23.7 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 29.2 | 24.2 | 17.4 | 4.3 | -3.2 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -7.8 | -1.7 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 17.3 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 11.5 | -0.6 | -7.9 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -12.7 | -6.7 | -1.8 | 2.8 | 11.5 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 13.1 | 5.9 | -4.8 | -12.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -23.5 | -11.1 | -7.9 | -3.0 | 3.8 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 5.5 | 0.9 | -12.7 | -23.5 |
| 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 | 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 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 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) | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 4 | 8 | 17 | 65 | 46 | 27 | 89 | 61 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 14 |
| Sunny days | 28 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 24 |
| Rainy days | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Snow days | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
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