Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average -1.4°C and nights cool to about -11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Precipitation is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In January its highs average -1.9°C, about as warm as Ālā'ĕr, with 1.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks 722nd of 884 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Ālā'ĕr is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 5.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from under 1 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Aqsu in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Wensu in JanuaryChina · 119 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -9.6°C · 1.5 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in JanuaryChina · 191 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
- Tumxuk in JanuaryChina · 202 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.6°C · 0.8 mm precipitation
- Karakol in JanuaryKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.6°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in JanuaryChina · 360 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -16.3°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 375 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Kageleke in JanuaryChina · 388 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -8.3°C · 0.7 mm precipitation
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.