Jiantang

Jiantang or Gyaitang is a town in northern Yunnan, seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Jiantang

建塘镇 · རྒྱལ་ཐང་རྡལ།
Historical center of Jiantang
Jiantang
Coordinates: 27°50′N 99°42′E
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
PrefectureDêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
CountyShangri-La County
Elevation
3,282 m (10,768 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Jiantang
Chinese name
Chinese建塘
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྒྱལ་ཐང།

Climate

Jiantang has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb) with little to no rainfall from November to April and moderate to heavy rainfall from May to October.

Climate data for Jiantang
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 7.4
(45.3)
7.9
(46.2)
10.7
(51.3)
13.5
(56.3)
17.1
(62.8)
18.3
(64.9)
18.4
(65.1)
18.1
(64.6)
16.9
(62.4)
14.6
(58.3)
11.2
(52.2)
8.6
(47.5)
13.6
(56.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5)
1.4
(34.5)
4.2
(39.6)
7.2
(45.0)
11.1
(52.0)
13.5
(56.3)
14.1
(57.4)
13.6
(56.5)
12.3
(54.1)
8.9
(48.0)
4.4
(39.9)
1.4
(34.5)
7.7
(45.9)
Average low °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9)
−5.1
(22.8)
−2.3
(27.9)
1.0
(33.8)
5.1
(41.2)
8.7
(47.7)
9.9
(49.8)
9.2
(48.6)
7.8
(46.0)
3.3
(37.9)
−2.3
(27.9)
−5.7
(21.7)
1.9
(35.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 5
(0.2)
11
(0.4)
22
(0.9)
36
(1.4)
59
(2.3)
127
(5.0)
194
(7.6)
171
(6.7)
102
(4.0)
61
(2.4)
13
(0.5)
6
(0.2)
807
(31.6)
Source: Climate-Data.org[1]

References

  1. "Climate: Jiantang". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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