Climate averages 1991–2020
Yushu (Qinghai), China weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 479 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 3.1°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
August is a mild month in Yushu (Qinghai), China: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gengqing (198 km away). In August its highs average 12.0°C, 5.5°C cooler than Yushu (Qinghai), China, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Yushu (Qinghai), China ranks 883rd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 132nd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Yushu (Qinghai), China is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 118 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
Yushu (Qinghai), China climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.6°C-21.2°C | -21.2°C | 9.7 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| February | -5.4°C-17.7°C | -17.7°C | 11 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | -2.0°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 21 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 3.0°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 29 | 9.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 10.9°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 72 | 15.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 15.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 142 | 21.7 | 14.314 h |
| July | 17.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 136 | 21.2 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 17.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 119 | 19.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 14.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 118 | 20.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 6.2°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 63 | 15.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | -3.2°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 12 | 4.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | -7.7°C-21.3°C | -21.3°C | 7.4 | 2.5 | 10.010 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
- Gengqing in AugustChina · 198 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Qamdo (approximate) in AugustChina · 209 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in AugustChina · 538 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Kangding in AugustChina · 575 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 249 mm rain
- Xining in AugustChina · 592 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Qiaotou in AugustChina · 610 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 125 mm rain
- Nianbo in AugustChina · 627 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Tinsukia in AugustIndia · 633 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 380 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 Yushu) is explained once on the Yushu (Qinghai), China year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.