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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Xining
Xining climate by month
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental · DwbBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean6°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation407 mm93 wet days a year
36.63° N, 101.76° EElevation 2,275 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goXining · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low13° / 1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Xining has a monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 11°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 1° and lows of -14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 407 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (83 mm, 17 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in November to 41% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Xining is 9.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -14° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- November · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 39 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 41 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 1° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 7° | 2° |
| Average low | -14° | -9° | -5° | -1° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 10° | 7° | 1° | -6° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 10 mm | 23 mm | 52 mm | 65 mm | 79 mm | 83 mm | 62 mm | 22 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 33% | 38% | 37% | 41% | 38% | 31% | 29% | 35% | 31% | 21% | 22% |
| Daylight | 9h 55 | 10h 51 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 06 | 14h 39 | 14h 26 | 13h 35 | 12h 27 | 11h 18 | 10h 15 | 9h 41 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 48 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 54 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Xining in every month
January57
1° / -14°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days
February55
4° / -9°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
March48
9° / -5°
10 mm · 2.7 wet days
April66
15° / -1°
23 mm · 5.5 wet days
May68
18° / 5°
52 mm · 11.6 wet days
June64
21° / 9°
65 mm · 13.9 wet days
July67
22° / 11°
79 mm · 16.6 wet days
August67
22° / 10°
83 mm · 16.9 wet days
September65
18° / 7°
62 mm · 15.8 wet days
October57
13° / 1°
22 mm · 7 wet days
November54
7° / -6°
4 mm · 1.5 wet days
December57
2° / -12°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days