Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Changji: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In July its highs average 33.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Changji, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 99th of 884 for the warmest July highs and 20th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Changji is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Wujiaqu in JulyChina · 24 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in JulyChina · 33 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Shihezi in JulyChina · 106 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Turpan in JulyChina · 192 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Wusu in JulyChina · 215 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Karamay in JulyChina · 259 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Korla in JulyChina · 267 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Xinyuan in JulyChina · 332 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 65 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.