Xigazê climate — normals and trends
Xigazê (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 580 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (12.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Xigazê averages 202 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Xigazê has warmed by +4.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.50 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 219 to 185 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.5 °C (on 16 June 2012) and the coldest -29.9 °C (on 30 December 2018).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
XigazêTibet
- coords
- 29.25°, 88.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.6°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
-1.4°C
Annual rainfall
580mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
42%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
202 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.6 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.7 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.3 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
27.5 °C
16 June 2012
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
30 December 2018
Wettest day
33 mm
24 July 2024
Windiest day
33.1 km/h
9 March 1980
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
9 March 1980
Hottest feels-like
26.2 °C
19 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.4 °C
30 December 2018
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
5 October 2025
Sunniest day
13.9 h
12 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +6.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 8.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 26 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 106 mm | +77 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 116 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 106 mm | -60 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 121 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 119 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 10 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Xigazê?
Xigazê has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 580 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Xigazê?
The hottest day measured in Xigazê between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2012, reaching 27.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Xigazê?
The coldest day measured in Xigazê between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2018, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Xigazê?
Yes. Xigazê gets on average 19.6 cm of snow per year and has around 202 frost days.
Has the climate of Xigazê warmed?
Yes: Xigazê warmed by +4.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Xigazê?
The wettest day measured in Xigazê between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2024, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Xigazê?
The windiest day measured in Xigazê between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1980, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Xigazê?
The warmest month in Xigazê is June (12.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Xigazê?
Xigazê receives on average 580 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Xigazê?
Xigazê gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Xigazê?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Xigazê between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 2025, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Xigazê?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Xigazê.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Xigazê?
In Xigazê, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.2 °C on 19 July 2025, and the lowest was -34.4 °C on 30 December 2018.
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