Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year.
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.
December is a cold month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In December its highs average -12.1°C, 14.3°C cooler than Qamdo, with 9.8 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks 689th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 123rd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Qamdo is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 5.2 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gengqing in DecemberChina · 153 kmHigh -12.1°C · Low -25.1°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in DecemberChina · 209 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -21.3°C · 7.4 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in DecemberIndia · 442 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in DecemberIndia · 462 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Kangding in DecemberChina · 474 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -9.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Lijiang in DecemberChina · 559 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Lhoka in DecemberChina · 560 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jorhat in DecemberIndia · 566 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 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 Qamdo) is explained once on the Qamdo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.