Climate guideThirty-year normals for Qamdo
Qamdo climate by month
Monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental · DwbBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean4°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation507 mm116 wet days a year
31.13° N, 97.18° EElevation 3,235 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goQamdo · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low12° / -1°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Qamdo has a monsoon-influenced warm-summer continental climate (Köppen Dwb): dry, cold winters and wet summers.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19° and nights 8°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 507 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (89 mm, 21 wet days) and December the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in November to 45% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Qamdo is 12.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 19° · July
- Coldest nights
- -16° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- November · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 1° | 3° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 12° | 5° | 0° |
| Average low | -16° | -12° | -9° | -3° | 2° | 6° | 8° | 8° | 5° | -1° | -10° | -16° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 4 mm | 13 mm | 26 mm | 44 mm | 89 mm | 108 mm | 102 mm | 76 mm | 33 mm | 7 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 28% | 33% | 34% | 29% | 33% | 45% | 43% | 32% | 22% | 21% | 21% |
| Daylight | 10h 20 | 11h 05 | 11h 57 | 12h 55 | 13h 43 | 14h 09 | 13h 59 | 13h 18 | 12h 23 | 11h 27 | 10h 36 | 10h 08 |
| Month score | 57 | 55 | 48 | 42 | 58 | 66 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 49 | 55 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Qamdo in every month
January57
1° / -16°
2 mm · 0.4 wet days
February55
3° / -12°
4 mm · 1.1 wet day
March48
6° / -9°
13 mm · 3.6 wet days
April42
11° / -3°
26 mm · 7.8 wet days
May58
16° / 2°
44 mm · 12.8 wet days
June66
19° / 6°
89 mm · 21.1 wet days
July61
19° / 8°
108 mm · 20.6 wet days
August62
19° / 8°
102 mm · 18.6 wet days
September62
17° / 5°
76 mm · 18.7 wet days
October49
12° / -1°
33 mm · 9.2 wet days
November55
5° / -10°
7 mm · 1.4 wet day
December58
0° / -16°
3 mm · 0.2 wet days