Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th 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.
May is a mild month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In May its highs average 6.1°C, 11.0°C cooler than Qamdo, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks 877th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 297th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qamdo is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gengqing in MayChina · 153 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in MayChina · 209 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Tinsukia in MayIndia · 442 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in MayIndia · 462 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 417 mm rain
- Kangding in MayChina · 474 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Lijiang in MayChina · 559 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Lhoka in MayChina · 560 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Jorhat in MayIndia · 566 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 323 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.