Qamdo Weather in August
Qamdo in August
The short of it: Qamdo in August averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 102 mm · daylight 13 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & October
August in Qamdo brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 8°, with about 102 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 21°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 16 min in mid-August, 43 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and October.
Against its neighbours, Qamdo runs about middling and drier than most in August. Gengqing, 153 km to the ENE, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Qamdo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 12 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GengqingSichuan | 153 km ENE | 19° | 6° | 106 mm |
| YushuQinghai | 209 km N | 18° | 5° | 94 mm |
| MotuoTibet | 271 km SW | 28° | 17° | 270 mm |
| AniniArunachal Pradesh | 287 km SSW | 25° | 16° | 291 mm |
| BayiTibet | 316 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 109 mm |
| NyingchiTibet | 317 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 109 mm |
| HayuliangArunachal Pradesh | 345 km S | 28° | 20° | 474 mm |
| YingkiongArunachal Pradesh | 348 km SW | 30° | 22° | 349 mm |