Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in September.
A mild, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th 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.
September is a mild month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In September its highs average 9.6°C, 9.8°C cooler than Qamdo, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks joint 846th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 524th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Qamdo is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gengqing in SeptemberChina · 153 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in SeptemberChina · 209 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Tinsukia in SeptemberIndia · 442 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 297 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in SeptemberIndia · 462 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 328 mm rain
- Kangding in SeptemberChina · 474 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 175 mm rain
- Lijiang in SeptemberChina · 559 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 249 mm rain
- Lhoka in SeptemberChina · 560 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Jorhat in SeptemberIndia · 566 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 316 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.