Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th 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 Changji: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In September its highs average 25.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Changji, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 599th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 20th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Changji is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.8°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 21 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
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 | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Wujiaqu in SeptemberChina · 24 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Ürümqi in SeptemberChina · 33 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Shihezi in SeptemberChina · 106 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Turpan in SeptemberChina · 192 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Wusu in SeptemberChina · 215 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Karamay in SeptemberChina · 259 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Korla in SeptemberChina · 267 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Xinyuan in SeptemberChina · 332 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 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.