Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th 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.
October is a cool month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In October its highs average 2.9°C, 10.8°C cooler than Qamdo, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks joint 779th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 353rd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Qamdo is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gengqing in OctoberChina · 153 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -8.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in OctoberChina · 209 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Tinsukia in OctoberIndia · 442 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in OctoberIndia · 462 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Kangding in OctoberChina · 474 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Lijiang in OctoberChina · 559 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Lhoka in OctoberChina · 560 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Jorhat in OctoberIndia · 566 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 127 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.