Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in July.
A mild, very wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Kangding: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 277 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes July a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, 9.9°C warmer than Kangding, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 882nd of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 844th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Kangding is 12.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 277 mm to 249 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ya'an in JulyChina · 100 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 284 mm rain
- Meishan in JulyChina · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 253 mm rain
- Leshan in JulyChina · 181 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 228 mm rain
- Luocheng in JulyChina · 212 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 264 mm rain
- Chengdu in JulyChina · 216 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 292 mm rain
- Xichang in JulyChina · 236 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 220 mm rain
- Ziyang in JulyChina · 259 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in JulyChina · 263 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 230 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.