Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Kangding: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In November its highs average 14.6°C, 7.9°C warmer than Kangding, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks joint 727th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 546th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Kangding is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 46 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ya'an in NovemberChina · 100 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Meishan in NovemberChina · 181 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Leshan in NovemberChina · 181 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Luocheng in NovemberChina · 212 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Chengdu in NovemberChina · 216 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Xichang in NovemberChina · 236 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Ziyang in NovemberChina · 259 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in NovemberChina · 263 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 42 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.