Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in April.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Karamay: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In April its highs average 17.0°C, 3.2°C cooler than Karamay, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 567th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Karamay is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Karamay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | -2.9°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 5.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 15 | 4.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 4.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 18 | 6.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 6.1 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 8.89 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
April in nearby cities
- Wusu in AprilChina · 129 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Shihezi in AprilChina · 169 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Tacheng in AprilChina · 197 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Bole in AprilChina · 234 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Changji in AprilChina · 259 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AprilChina · 261 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 273 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AprilChina · 292 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 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 Karamay) is explained once on the Karamay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.