Climate averages 1991–2020

Ālā'ĕr weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.8°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 13 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ālā'ĕr · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In July its highs average 30.5°C, 3.2°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 14 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks 6th of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 10th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Ālā'ĕr is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ālā'ĕr, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -1.4°C-11.6°C-11.6°C0.40.19.610 h
February 5.5°C-5.8°C-5.8°C1.30.310.611 h
March 15.1°C1.6°C1.6°C1.60.511.912 h
April 23.7°C9.8°C9.8°C2.50.813.313 h
May 28.4°C15.3°C15.3°C6.61.514.414 h
June 32.3°C19.5°C19.5°C103.015.015 h
July, selected 33.8°C21.3°C21.3°C134.614.815 h
August 32.5°C20.3°C20.3°C123.213.814 h
September 27.7°C14.9°C14.9°C7.21.412.513 h
October 19.5°C6.5°C6.5°C3.00.411.211 h
November 8.9°C-2.4°C-2.4°C1.10.310.010 h
December -0.2°C-9.6°C-9.6°C0.70.29.39 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Ālā'ĕr

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 limits

How 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.