Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Karamay: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In August its highs average 28.0°C, 3.8°C cooler than Karamay, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 96th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Karamay is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Wusu in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 169 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Tacheng in AugustChina · 197 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 234 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Changji in AugustChina · 259 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 261 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 273 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 292 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 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.