Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th 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.
March is a cold month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In March its highs average -7.4°C, 14.1°C cooler than Qamdo, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks joint 773rd of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 308th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Qamdo is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gengqing in MarchChina · 153 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -18.8°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in MarchChina · 209 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -13.6°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in MarchIndia · 442 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in MarchIndia · 462 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Kangding in MarchChina · 474 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Lijiang in MarchChina · 559 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Lhoka in MarchChina · 560 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Jorhat in MarchIndia · 566 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 133 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.