Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghulja weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ghulja: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Huocheng (39 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Ghulja, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ghulja ranks joint 602nd of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ghulja is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 15 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
Ghulja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 14 | 4.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 40 | 6.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 27.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 31 | 6.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 31 | 4.7 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 20 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 25 | 5.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 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
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 39 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 79 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 124 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 164 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Sarqant in AugustKazakhstan · 200 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AugustKazakhstan · 264 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 274 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Xincheng in AugustChina · 278 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 13 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 Ghulja) is explained once on the Ghulja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.