Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in May.
A cool, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Kangding: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 9.4°C warmer than Kangding, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 882nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 660th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Kangding is 11.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 233 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ya'an in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Meishan in MayChina · 181 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Leshan in MayChina · 181 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Luocheng in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Chengdu in MayChina · 216 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Xichang in MayChina · 236 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Ziyang in MayChina · 259 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in MayChina · 263 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 73 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.