Qamdo Weather in May
Qamdo in May
The short of it: Qamdo in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 43 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 18° · low 4° · rain 55 mm · daylight 13 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
May in Qamdo brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 4°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 4°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 43 min in mid-May, 49 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Qamdo runs about middling and drier than most in May. Gengqing, 153 km to the ENE, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Qamdo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 31 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GengqingSichuan | 153 km ENE | 16° | 2° | 63 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 209 km N | 13° | 0° | 62 mm |
| MotuoTibet | 271 km SW | 25° | 14° | 154 mm |
| AniniArunachal Pradesh | 287 km SSW | 23° | 11° | 155 mm |
| BayiTibet | 316 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 74 mm |
| NyingchiTibet | 317 km WSW | 18° | 6° | 74 mm |
| HayuliangArunachal Pradesh | 345 km S | 25° | 16° | 191 mm |
| YingkiongArunachal Pradesh | 348 km SW | 27° | 19° | 231 mm |