Climate averages 1991–2020

Kangding weather
in June.

A mild, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 16.3°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 9.9°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 233 mm 29 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a mild month in Kangding: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In June its highs average 26.0°C, 9.7°C warmer than Kangding, with 168 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 882nd of 884 for the warmest June highs and 608th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Kangding is 12.1°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 233 mm to 277 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-505101520 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kangding, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.3°C-10.3°C-10.3°C123.910.410 h
February 3.4°C-7.2°C-7.2°C247.311.111 h
March 6.4°C-3.3°C-3.3°C6515.412.012 h
April 10.6°C0.9°C0.9°C11520.412.913 h
May 14.1°C5.9°C5.9°C17926.713.614 h
June, selected 16.3°C9.9°C9.9°C23328.514.014 h
July 17.9°C11.7°C11.7°C27729.113.914 h
August 17.6°C11.3°C11.3°C24928.613.213 h
September 14.9°C8.9°C8.9°C17525.712.412 h
October 10.8°C3.9°C3.9°C10221.111.511 h
November 6.7°C-2.8°C-2.8°C4611.910.711 h
December 1.9°C-9.8°C-9.8°C155.110.310 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.

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June in nearby cities

Distance from Kangding

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 limits

How 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.