Climate averages 1991–2020
Kangding weather
in September.
A cool, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cool month in Kangding: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ya'an (100 km away). In September its highs average 23.4°C, 8.5°C warmer than Kangding, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kangding ranks 881st of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 792nd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Kangding is 10.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 175 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ya'an in SeptemberChina · 100 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Meishan in SeptemberChina · 181 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Leshan in SeptemberChina · 181 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Luocheng in SeptemberChina · 212 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Chengdu in SeptemberChina · 216 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Xichang in SeptemberChina · 236 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Ziyang in SeptemberChina · 259 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mianzhu, Deyang, Sichuan in SeptemberChina · 263 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 152 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.