Kangding climate

Kangding Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kangding, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 4°C on December 1 to 3°C on December 31, and lows from -8°C to -12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kangding, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
3°C
Average low
-11°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CDec 6, 2011
Reanalysis low
-19°CDec 16, 2010
Daylight
10 h 22 min to 10 h 14 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
63%
Dew point
-11°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 14°C-8°C8°C 2002-12°C 19928%
Dec 24°C-9°C9°C 2014-13°C 20007%
Dec 34°C-9°C8°C 2011-13°C 19947%
Dec 44°C-9°C10°C 2006-15°C 19916%
Dec 54°C-9°C10°C 2006-15°C 19916%
Dec 64°C-9°C11°C 2011-15°C 20196%
Dec 74°C-9°C8°C 2006-15°C 19926%
Dec 84°C-10°C9°C 1993-15°C 20086%
Dec 94°C-10°C9°C 1994-13°C 19966%
Dec 104°C-10°C8°C 1994-16°C 20115%
Dec 114°C-10°C9°C 2016-13°C 20025%
Dec 123°C-10°C10°C 2017-13°C 20035%
Dec 133°C-11°C9°C 2016-17°C 20004%
Dec 143°C-11°C9°C 2017-14°C 20065%
Dec 153°C-11°C9°C 1994-17°C 20154%
Dec 163°C-11°C8°C 2003-19°C 20104%
Dec 173°C-11°C8°C 2003-19°C 20134%
Dec 183°C-11°C8°C 2000-15°C 19994%
Dec 193°C-11°C7°C 2000-16°C 20144%
Dec 203°C-11°C8°C 2008-16°C 20154%
Dec 213°C-11°C7°C 2017-16°C 20104%
Dec 223°C-11°C8°C 2016-17°C 20013%
Dec 232°C-12°C7°C 2016-16°C 20013%
Dec 243°C-12°C7°C 2016-17°C 19993%
Dec 253°C-12°C7°C 2013-15°C 19933%
Dec 263°C-12°C9°C 2007-18°C 19993%
Dec 273°C-12°C10°C 2007-16°C 20093%
Dec 283°C-12°C8°C 1994-18°C 20043%
Dec 293°C-12°C8°C 2007-17°C 20193%
Dec 303°C-12°C8°C 2007-17°C 20183%
Dec 313°C-12°C8°C 2011-17°C 20183%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kangding, in percent.024681102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

December 1
sunrise 7:50 AM, sunset 6:12 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:08 AM, sunset 6:22 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.