Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in January.
A cold, very dry month: one of the coolest and the 2nd 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.
January is a cold month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In January its highs average -12.9°C, 14.9°C cooler than Qamdo, with 10 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks joint 656th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 177th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Qamdo is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.2 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gengqing in JanuaryChina · 153 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -25.3°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in JanuaryChina · 209 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 9.7 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in JanuaryIndia · 442 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in JanuaryIndia · 462 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kangding in JanuaryChina · 474 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Lijiang in JanuaryChina · 559 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Lhoka in JanuaryChina · 560 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -7.8°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Jorhat in JanuaryIndia · 566 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 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.