Average annual temperature is 4.1 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 30.3 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -26.1 °C
Number of sunny days: 280 days
Number of rainy days: 51 days
Number of snow days: 34 days
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* Weather data for Xiao 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) | 6.7 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 23.9 | 30.3 | 25.9 | 22.7 | 16.3 | 10.2 | 0.8 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -4.7 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 20.0 | 23.2 | 22.0 | 17.8 | 9.3 | 3.1 | -2.5 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -11.1 | -5.7 | -0.9 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 12.2 | 3.7 | -3.0 | -8.6 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -17.2 | -13.1 | -8.9 | -4.7 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 5.1 | -2.6 | -8.7 | -14.5 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -26.1 | -20.5 | -15.8 | -15.6 | -3.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 5.3 | -1.5 | -8.9 | -13.5 | -23.6 |
| 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 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| 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) | 8.6 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sunny days | 27 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 27 |
| Rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Snow days | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The largest precipitation sum in Xiao Qaidam is at