Kangding climate — normals and trends
Kangding (China) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 1,541 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (10.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kangding averages 201 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 231 rainy days per year.
Kangding has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 21.4 °C (on 3 July 1967) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 29 December 1983).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KangdingSichuan
- coords
- 30.00°, 101.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.5°C
Average daily high
6.4°C
Average daily low
-2.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,541mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
6.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
201 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
231 d/yr
Annual snowfall
244.0 cm
Average feels-like high
4.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.05 · p = 0.047
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
21.4 °C
3 July 1967
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
29 December 1983
Wettest day
90 mm
24 June 1946
Windiest day
15.6 km/h
5 February 1952
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
5 February 1952
Hottest feels-like
24.2 °C
28 June 2015
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
31 December 1973
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
29 June 1946
Sunniest day
13.8 h
13 June 1970
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 34 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | -2.8 °C | 26 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | -1.8 °C | -4.6 °C | 112 mm | +48 mm |
| Apr | 4.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 140 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 9.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 210 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 13.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 195 mm | -48 mm |
| Jul | 16.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 237 mm | -48 mm |
| Aug | 15.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 258 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 14.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 218 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 130 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 0.8 °C | -2.0 °C | 58 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 2.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kangding?
Kangding has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 1,541 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kangding?
The hottest day measured in Kangding between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1967, reaching 21.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kangding?
The coldest day measured in Kangding between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1983, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kangding?
Yes. Kangding gets on average 244.0 cm of snow per year and has around 201 frost days.
Has the climate of Kangding warmed?
Yes: Kangding warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kangding?
The wettest day measured in Kangding between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1946, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kangding?
The windiest day measured in Kangding between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1952, with winds reaching 15.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kangding?
The warmest month in Kangding is July (10.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kangding?
Kangding receives on average 1,541 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 231 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kangding?
Kangding gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kangding?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kangding between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1946, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kangding?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kangding.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kangding?
In Kangding, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.2 °C on 28 June 2015, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 31 December 1973.
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