Qamdo Weather in March
Qamdo in March
The short of it: Qamdo in March averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of -4 °C (25 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 11 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low -4° · rain 10 mm · daylight 11 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
March in Qamdo brings afternoons near 12° and nights around -4°, with about 10 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 12°, nights near -4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 54 min in mid-March, 52 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Qamdo runs about middling and drier than most in March. Gengqing, 153 km to the ENE, is 3° cooler by day.
March in Qamdo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GengqingSichuan | 153 km ENE | 9° | -7° | 12 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 209 km N | 6° | -9° | 10 mm |
| MotuoTibet | 271 km SW | 19° | 6° | 47 mm |
| AniniArunachal Pradesh | 287 km SSW | 17° | 4° | 53 mm |
| BayiTibet | 316 km WSW | 11° | -1° | 16 mm |
| NyingchiTibet | 317 km WSW | 11° | -1° | 16 mm |
| HayuliangArunachal Pradesh | 345 km S | 20° | 7° | 86 mm |
| YingkiongArunachal Pradesh | 348 km SW | 23° | 11° | 75 mm |