Climate averages 1991–2020
Ghulja weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ghulja: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huocheng (39 km away). In October its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Ghulja, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ghulja ranks joint 691st of 884 for the warmest October highs and 42nd of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Ghulja is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.7°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Huocheng in OctoberChina · 39 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Qarasu in OctoberChina · 79 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Bole in OctoberChina · 124 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Xinyuan in OctoberChina · 164 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Sarqant in OctoberKazakhstan · 200 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in OctoberKazakhstan · 264 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Wusu in OctoberChina · 274 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Xincheng in OctoberChina · 278 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 8.0 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.