Climate averages 1991–2020
Qamdo weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 619 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 4.0°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
August is a mild month in Qamdo: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (153 km away). In August its highs average 12.0°C, 8.9°C cooler than Qamdo, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qamdo ranks 876th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 215th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Qamdo is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Qamdo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 4.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 6.7°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 23 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 11.3°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 39 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 17.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 64 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 20.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 105 | 19.7 | 14.114 h |
| July | 21.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 143 | 23.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 20.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 134 | 21.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 17.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 46 | 10.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 5.8°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 13 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 2.1°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gengqing in AugustChina · 153 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Yushu (Qinghai), China (approximate) in AugustChina · 209 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Tinsukia in AugustIndia · 442 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 380 mm rain
- Dibrugarh in AugustIndia · 462 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.5°C · 402 mm rain
- Kangding in AugustChina · 474 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Lijiang in AugustChina · 559 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Lhoka in AugustChina · 560 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Jorhat in AugustIndia · 566 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 427 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qamdo) is explained once on the Qamdo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.