Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In September its highs average 24.5°C, 3.1°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 227th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 6th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Ālā'ĕr is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.1°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.2 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Aqsu in SeptemberChina · 109 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Wensu in SeptemberChina · 119 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Xincheng in SeptemberChina · 191 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Tumxuk in SeptemberChina · 202 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Karakol in SeptemberKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Xinyuan in SeptemberChina · 360 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Ghulja in SeptemberChina · 375 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Kageleke in SeptemberChina · 388 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.6 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.