Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghulja weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ghulja: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huocheng (39 km away). In January its highs average 0.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ghulja, with 9.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ghulja ranks joint 678th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 381st of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Ghulja is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 4.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 14 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Huocheng in JanuaryChina · 39 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -11.4°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 79 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 124 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in JanuaryChina · 164 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -16.3°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in JanuaryKazakhstan · 200 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -11.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Taldykorgan in JanuaryKazakhstan · 264 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.1°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Wusu in JanuaryChina · 274 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -12.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Xincheng in JanuaryChina · 278 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
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.