Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 3.4°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 47th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ālā'ĕr is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.2 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
Ālā'ĕr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 3.0 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.39 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
- Aqsu in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Wensu in AugustChina · 119 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Xincheng in AugustChina · 191 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AugustChina · 202 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Karakol in AugustKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 360 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 375 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Kageleke in AugustChina · 388 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 14 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 Ālā'ĕr) is explained once on the Ālā'ĕr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.