Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kangding: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In December its highs average 9.8°C, 7.9°C warmer than Kangding, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks joint 690th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 386th of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Kangding is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ya'an in DecemberChina · 100 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Meishan in DecemberChina · 181 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Leshan in DecemberChina · 181 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Luocheng in DecemberChina · 212 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Chengdu in DecemberChina · 216 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Xichang in DecemberChina · 236 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Ziyang in DecemberChina · 259 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in DecemberChina · 263 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 28 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.