Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
by month.
See how the year changes. July has the highest average daily maximum; December has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 619 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.0°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
Across the year Qamdo averages a daytime high of 12.1°C and a nighttime low of 0.1°C, with about 681 mm of rain on roughly 133 days. July is the warmest month (average high 21.2°C) and January (tied with December) the coolest (2.1°C). July is the wettest month with 143 mm; December is the driest with 4.9 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Qamdo
Monthly rainfall
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
Qamdo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 4.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 6.7°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 23 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 11.3°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 39 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 17.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 64 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 20.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 105 | 19.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 21.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 143 | 23.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 20.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 134 | 21.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 46 | 10.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 5.8°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 13 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 2.1°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
Nearby cities
- GengqingChina · 153 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -10.8°C · 948 mm precipitation a year
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate)China · 209 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -6.8°C · 741 mm precipitation a year
- TinsukiaIndia · 442 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 2,589 mm rain a year
- DibrugarhIndia · 462 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 2,923 mm rain a year
- KangdingChina · 474 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 1,494 mm rain a year
- LijiangChina · 559 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 1,465 mm rain a year
- LhokaChina · 560 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 623 mm rain a year
- JorhatIndia · 566 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 2,600 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+8, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 31.00°, 97.30° (19 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 4.0°C for the difference between the city's elevation (3,235 m) and the cell's (3,854 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 31.25°, 97.25°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.