Altai Weather in August
Altai in August
The short of it: Altai in August averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 29 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 7° · rain 29 mm · daylight 14 h 10 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Altai an average August high of 20°, a low of 7° and some 29 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 20°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 29 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 10 min in mid-August, 77 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Altai runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Uliastay, 159 km to the NNE, is 2° warmer by day.
August in Altai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UliastayDzabkhan | 159 km NNE | 22° | 8° | 41 mm |
| TosontsengelDzabkhan | 306 km NNE | 21° | 6° | 47 mm |
| BayanhongorBayankhongor | 343 km E | 23° | 9° | 40 mm |
| BürenhayrhanHovd | 364 km W | 25° | 13° | 18 mm |
| HoriultBayankhongor | 373 km ESE | 28° | 15° | 22 mm |
| KhovdHovd | 393 km WNW | 25° | 12° | 24 mm |
| Sandaoling Lutiankuang Wuqi NongchangXinjiang | 459 km SW | 33° | 18° | 9.0 mm |
| MörönKhövsgöl Province | 465 km NE | 23° | 9° | 54 mm |