Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in November.
A cold, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th 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.
November is a cold month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In November its highs average -6.3°C, 12.1°C cooler than Qamdo, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks joint 748th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 83rd of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Qamdo is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 4.9 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Gengqing in NovemberChina · 153 kmHigh -6.3°C · Low -19.1°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in NovemberChina · 209 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -17.0°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Tinsukia in NovemberIndia · 442 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in NovemberIndia · 462 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kangding in NovemberChina · 474 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Lijiang in NovemberChina · 559 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Lhoka in NovemberChina · 560 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Jorhat in NovemberIndia · 566 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 17 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.