Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Chita: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Chita, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 108th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 205th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Chita is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 47 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August, selected | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 7.88 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
- Ulan-Ude in AugustRussia · 405 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Jalai Nur in AugustChina · 413 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Hailar in AugustChina · 540 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Hulunbuir in AugustChina · 542 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Genhe in AugustChina · 574 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Yakeshi in AugustChina · 595 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Darhan in AugustMongolia · 603 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Irkutsk in AugustRussia · 628 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 101 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.