Qamdo Weather in December
Qamdo in December
The short of it: Qamdo in December averages a high of 10 °C (49 °F) and a low of -8 °C (18 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low -8° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Qamdo an average December high of 10°, a low of -8° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 10°, nights near -8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 min in mid-December, 24 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Qamdo runs about middling and about as wet in December. Gengqing, 153 km to the ENE, is 4° cooler by day.
December in Qamdo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GengqingSichuan | 153 km ENE | 6° | -13° | 4.0 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 209 km N | 2° | -16° | 3.0 mm |
| MotuoTibet | 271 km SW | 16° | 3° | 8.0 mm |
| AniniArunachal Pradesh | 287 km SSW | 14° | 2° | 8.0 mm |
| BayiTibet | 316 km WSW | 9° | -5° | 2.0 mm |
| NyingchiTibet | 317 km WSW | 9° | -5° | 2.0 mm |
| HayuliangArunachal Pradesh | 345 km S | 18° | 6° | 10 mm |
| YingkiongArunachal Pradesh | 348 km SW | 20° | 7° | 11 mm |