Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tacheng: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 3.5°C warmer than Tacheng, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 626th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 15th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Tacheng is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August, selected | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Karamay in AugustChina · 197 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 217 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Sarqant in AugustKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 290 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 340 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 341 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 345 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in AugustKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 43 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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.