Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kangding: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 9.8°C warmer than Kangding, with 329 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 882nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and 783rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Kangding is 11.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 249 mm to 175 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kangding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 12 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 24 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 6.4°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 65 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 10.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 115 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 14.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 179 | 26.7 | 13.614 h |
| June | 16.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 233 | 28.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 17.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 277 | 29.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 17.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 249 | 28.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 14.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 175 | 25.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 10.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 102 | 21.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 6.7°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 46 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| December | 1.9°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 15 | 5.1 | 10.310 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ya'an in AugustChina · 100 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 329 mm rain
- Meishan in AugustChina · 181 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 276 mm rain
- Leshan in AugustChina · 181 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 242 mm rain
- Luocheng in AugustChina · 212 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 273 mm rain
- Chengdu in AugustChina · 216 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Xichang in AugustChina · 236 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Ziyang in AugustChina · 259 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 205 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in AugustChina · 263 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 214 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kangding) is explained once on the Kangding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.