Golmud
Elevation 2809 m36.74° N, 93.54° E
When to go?
Mean −9 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme coldlows of −17 °C
Mean −5 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −13 °C
Mean 1 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 3 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 4 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, 3 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 2 rain days in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 5 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean −3 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −11 °C
Mean −9 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme coldlows of −16 °C
The best months are April–October. Avoid November–February (freezing, at times extreme cold).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.2 °C (cells at 2987 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.0 °C. Warmest year: 2016 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1967 (−1.1 °C).
February and July warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.3 °C), May the least (+0.1 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 4 °C) begins 3 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.