Kangding Weather in August
Kangding in August
The short of it: Kangding in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 122 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 13 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 122 mm · daylight 13 h 13 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & August
Thirty years of records give Kangding an average August high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 122 mm of rain. The height of summer in Kangding, with afternoons near 19°. Wet spells are common — about 122 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 13 min in mid-August, 41 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and August.
Against its neighbours, Kangding runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Ya'an, 100 km to the E, is 10° warmer by day.
August in Kangding, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 26 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- February
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h