Kangding weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain city · subpolar / tundra climate
Kangding is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is June (Score 28/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,719
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 28/100
- Rain / year
- 1,017 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 100k
- Elevation
- 4,237 m
When is the best time to visit Kangding?
Kangding never gets truly sunny weather: June is as good as it gets at 28/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Kangding?
Kangding gets a lot of sun: around 2,719 hours a year. June (28/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #71 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 55% of the annual 1,017 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -14° / 7°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -12° / 10°F | 12 mm | 7 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -9° / 16°F | 33 mm | 9 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -7° / 19°F | 67 mm | 10 |
| May | 19 | 11° / 52°F | -3° / 27°F | 111 mm | 10 |
| June | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 1° / 34°F | 189 mm | 10 |
| July | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 183 mm | 9 |
| August | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 188 mm | 9 |
| September | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 146 mm | 8 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 62 mm | 8 |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -9° / 16°F | 14 mm | 6 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -13° / 9°F | 6 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) China · 217 km · best in Oct · 891 h sun/yr
- Xichang China · 243 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Jianyang) China · 260 km · best in Mar · 933 h sun/yr
- Yibin (Cuiping) China · 305 km · best in Mar · 795 h sun/yr
- Mianyang (Fucheng) China · 320 km · best in Apr · 850 h sun/yr
- Luzhou (Yunlong) China · 381 km · best in Mar · 782 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Daocheng China · 186 km · 2,852 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Garzê (Garzê) China · 275 km · 3,358 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ninglang China · 305 km · 2,481 h sun/yr · best in May
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