Xining climate

Xining Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Xining, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 1°C on January 1 to 2°C on January 31, and lows from -14°C to -13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 3 mm over about 0 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Xining, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
1°C
Average low
-14°C
Precipitation
3 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CJan 31, 2014
Reanalysis low
-22°CJan 30, 2008
Daylight
9 h 43 min to 10 h 21 min
Cloud cover
46%
Humidity
51%
Dew point
-17°C
Wind
9.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 11°C-14°C7°C 1997-18°C 20131%
Jan 21°C-14°C8°C 2006-19°C 19921%
Jan 31°C-14°C8°C 2006-19°C 20132%
Jan 41°C-14°C6°C 2017-18°C 19952%
Jan 51°C-14°C7°C 2017-19°C 19952%
Jan 61°C-14°C5°C 2002-18°C 20071%
Jan 71°C-14°C5°C 2010-18°C 19951%
Jan 81°C-14°C6°C 2010-21°C 20181%
Jan 91°C-14°C7°C 2008-20°C 20181%
Jan 100°C-14°C6°C 2002-18°C 20182%
Jan 110°C-14°C7°C 2002-19°C 20112%
Jan 120°C-14°C5°C 2002-19°C 20102%
Jan 130°C-14°C7°C 2002-18°C 20142%
Jan 140°C-14°C4°C 2002-20°C 20112%
Jan 150°C-14°C5°C 2010-21°C 20112%
Jan 160°C-14°C6°C 2010-20°C 19931%
Jan 170°C-14°C8°C 2010-20°C 19932%
Jan 180°C-14°C9°C 2010-20°C 19981%
Jan 190°C-14°C9°C 2003-19°C 19981%
Jan 201°C-14°C8°C 2003-20°C 19991%
Jan 211°C-14°C5°C 2003-20°C 20191%
Jan 221°C-14°C8°C 2014-20°C 20162%
Jan 231°C-14°C9°C 2014-21°C 20162%
Jan 241°C-14°C6°C 2017-21°C 20162%
Jan 251°C-14°C9°C 2017-20°C 20161%
Jan 261°C-14°C7°C 2014-20°C 20161%
Jan 271°C-14°C9°C 2017-19°C 20081%
Jan 282°C-14°C9°C 2006-21°C 20081%
Jan 292°C-13°C7°C 2014-21°C 20081%
Jan 302°C-13°C10°C 2014-22°C 20081%
Jan 312°C-13°C11°C 2014-20°C 20181%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Xining, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 8:25 AM, sunset 6:08 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:16 AM, sunset 6:37 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.