Qamdo Weather in September
Qamdo in September
The short of it: Qamdo in September averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 6° · rain 73 mm · daylight 12 h 19 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Qamdo an average September high of 19°, a low of 6° and some 73 mm of rain. Much like August: highs about 19°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 73 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 19 min in mid-September, 58 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates September 3 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 September. Gengqing, 153 km to the ENE, is 2° cooler by day.
September in Qamdo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 2° colder, 29 mm less rain
- Versus October
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GengqingSichuan | 153 km ENE | 17° | 4° | 88 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 209 km N | 15° | 3° | 80 mm |
| MotuoTibet | 271 km SW | 26° | 16° | 190 mm |
| AniniArunachal Pradesh | 287 km SSW | 24° | 15° | 184 mm |
| BayiTibet | 316 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 91 mm |
| NyingchiTibet | 317 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 91 mm |
| HayuliangArunachal Pradesh | 345 km S | 27° | 20° | 305 mm |
| YingkiongArunachal Pradesh | 348 km SW | 29° | 21° | 256 mm |