Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Changji: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Changji, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 291st of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 21st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Changji is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 21 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
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.09 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
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 24 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 106 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Turpan in AugustChina · 192 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 215 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 259 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Korla in AugustChina · 267 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 332 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 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 Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.