Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kangding: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In October its highs average 18.7°C, 7.9°C warmer than Kangding, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks joint 848th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 793rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Kangding is 9.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ya'an in OctoberChina · 100 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Meishan in OctoberChina · 181 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Leshan in OctoberChina · 181 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Luocheng in OctoberChina · 212 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Chengdu in OctoberChina · 216 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Xichang in OctoberChina · 236 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Ziyang in OctoberChina · 259 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in OctoberChina · 263 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 79 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.