Climate averages 1991–2020
Tongren (Qinghai), China 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.
August is a mild month in Tongren (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Linxia Chengguanzhen (108 km away). In August its highs average 23.5°C, 3.1°C warmer than Tongren (Qinghai), China, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tongren (Qinghai), China ranks 879th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 459th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Tongren (Qinghai), China is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 172 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
Tongren (Qinghai), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 9.2 | 3.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 1.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 16 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 6.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 62 | 11.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 15.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 127 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 18.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 146 | 20.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 158 | 19.2 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 161 | 20.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 16.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 172 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 10.6°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 107 | 16.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 5.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 19 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 1.0°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in AugustChina · 108 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 113 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Xining in AugustChina · 126 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 161 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Lanzhou in AugustChina · 175 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Baiyin in AugustChina · 225 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Dingxi in AugustChina · 236 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Wuwei in AugustChina · 274 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 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 Tongren) is explained once on the Tongren (Qinghai), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.