Chamdo has a tundra climate (Köppen ET), with Jul highs around 76°F and Jan lows near 15°F, and about 20 inches of rain and snow a year. The landscape: high plateau, mountains in the distance, mixed greenery.
Explore Chamdo on the mapTempsSummer afternoons 8°F hotter, winter nights 5°F colder.
Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (18 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Chamdo, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).
SceneryDry, golden landscape where Chamdo is mixed greenery, big mountains nearby vs mountains in the distance at home (the Rocky Mountains), not the plateau setting of Chamdo, both well inland.
TempsSummer afternoons 7°F hotter, winter nights about the same.
Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Chamdo, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).
SceneryDry, golden landscape where Chamdo is mixed greenery, both have mountains in the distance (the Front Range), both on a high plateau, both well inland.
TempsSummer afternoons 5°F hotter, winter nights about the same.
Rain & snow18% less rain and snow (16 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Chamdo, snowy winters (3 months below freezing).
SceneryDry, golden landscape where Chamdo is mixed greenery, both have mountains in the distance (the Rocky Mountains), both on a high plateau, both well inland.
TempsSummer afternoons 9°F hotter, winter nights 4°F colder.
Rain & snow19% less rain and snow (16 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Chamdo, snowy winters (3 months below freezing).
SceneryDry, golden landscape where Chamdo is mixed greenery, big mountains nearby vs mountains in the distance at home (the Front Range), not the plateau setting of Chamdo, both well inland.
TempsSummer afternoons 3°F hotter, winter nights 12°F colder.
Rain & snow26% more rain and snow (25 in vs 20 in), spread through the year, unlike Chamdo's summer rains, long snowy winters (5 months below freezing).
ScenerySame mixed greenery look from above, both have mountains in the distance (the Rocky Mountains), both on a high plateau, both well inland.
TempsSummer afternoons 4°F hotter, winter nights 10°F colder.
Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (17 in vs 20 in), spread through the year, unlike Chamdo's summer rains, long snowy winters (5 months below freezing).
ScenerySame mixed greenery look from above, big mountains nearby vs mountains in the distance at home (the Rocky Mountains), not the plateau setting of Chamdo, both well inland.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48° | 15° | 0.1 |
| Feb | 51° | 20° | 0.2 |
| Mar | 56° | 28° | 0.4 |
| Apr | 62° | 35° | 0.7 |
| May | 70° | 42° | 1.7 |
| Jun | 75° | 49° | 3.7 |
| Jul | 76° | 52° | 4.3 |
| Aug | 75° | 51° | 3.9 |
| Sep | 71° | 46° | 3.1 |
| Oct | 64° | 36° | 1.2 |
| Nov | 56° | 24° | 0.2 |
| Dec | 50° | 16° | 0.1 |