Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Hami: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 00 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In July its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Hami, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks 3rd of 884 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Hami is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 5.6 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in JulyChina · 312 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Turpan in JulyChina · 353 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in JulyChina · 486 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Ürümqi in JulyChina · 490 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in JulyChina · 505 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in JulyChina · 517 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in JulyChina · 522 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Jiuquan in JulyChina · 542 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 19 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.