Choglamsar Weather in August
Choglamsar in August
The short of it: Choglamsar in August averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 13 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 10 mm · daylight 13 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Choglamsar an average August high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 25 min in mid-August, 48 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Choglamsar runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Pituk, 6 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Choglamsar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PitukLadakh | 6 km WNW | 25° | 11° | 11 mm |
| LehLadakh | 6 km N | 24° | 10° | 13 mm |
| PadamLadakh | 97 km SW | 22° | 9° | 17 mm |
| ThangLadakh | 116 km NW | 19° | 7° | 10 mm |
| KargilLadakh | 143 km WNW | 27° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| YouguGilgit-Baltistan | 177 km NW | 26° | 12° | 6.0 mm |
| KyelangHimachal Pradesh | 179 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| BunjwahJammu and Kashmir | 186 km SW | 23° | 14° | 127 mm |