Kangding climate

Kangding Weather in May

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 12°C on May 1 to 15°C on May 31, and lows from -3°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 105 mm over about 19 wet days.

May 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.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
14°C
Average low
-1°C
Precipitation
105 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CMay 27, 2009
Reanalysis low
-7°CMay 9, 2001
Daylight
13 h 19 min to 13 h 56 min
Cloud cover
86%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
0°C
Wind
10.1 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
May 112°C-3°C18°C 1994-7°C 200155%
May 212°C-2°C19°C 1994-4°C 202055%
May 312°C-2°C18°C 1998-6°C 200454%
May 413°C-2°C19°C 1998-7°C 200454%
May 513°C-2°C20°C 1996-7°C 201453%
May 613°C-2°C17°C 2007-4°C 201453%
May 713°C-2°C18°C 2009-7°C 199153%
May 813°C-2°C18°C 2009-5°C 200154%
May 913°C-2°C19°C 2011-7°C 200154%
May 1013°C-1°C19°C 2012-5°C 201356%
May 1113°C-1°C18°C 1995-5°C 199655%
May 1213°C-1°C20°C 1995-5°C 201356%
May 1313°C-1°C18°C 2000-7°C 200657%
May 1414°C-1°C19°C 2015-5°C 200656%
May 1514°C-1°C19°C 2000-4°C 199557%
May 1614°C-1°C19°C 2003-4°C 200658%
May 1714°C-1°C19°C 1998-6°C 199259%
May 1814°C0°C20°C 1998-7°C 199260%
May 1914°C0°C20°C 1998-5°C 199260%
May 2014°C0°C22°C 1998-3°C 199262%
May 2114°C0°C21°C 1998-3°C 199264%
May 2214°C0°C21°C 2007-2°C 199364%
May 2314°C0°C20°C 2014-3°C 199764%
May 2414°C0°C20°C 2014-4°C 199866%
May 2514°C1°C18°C 1998-4°C 199266%
May 2615°C1°C20°C 2009-3°C 199966%
May 2715°C1°C23°C 2009-3°C 200267%
May 2815°C1°C21°C 2012-4°C 199769%
May 2915°C1°C20°C 1995-5°C 199771%
May 3015°C1°C21°C 2014-4°C 200972%
May 3115°C1°C20°C 1991-3°C 200474%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kangding, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 7:49 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 8:08 PM

Every day of May: 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.