Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami weather
in October.
A mild, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Hami: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In October its highs average 18.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hami, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 678th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Hami is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.0°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 4.2 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dunhuang in OctoberChina · 312 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Turpan in OctoberChina · 353 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in OctoberChina · 486 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ürümqi in OctoberChina · 490 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in OctoberChina · 505 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Changji in OctoberChina · 517 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in OctoberChina · 522 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Jiuquan in OctoberChina · 542 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 4.9 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.