Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Karamay: daytime highs average -2.9°C and nights cool to about -10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In February its highs average -3.2°C, about as warm as Karamay, with 6.0 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks 795th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Karamay is 11.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 11.4°C to 8.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.9 mm to 5.9 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Wusu in FebruaryChina · 129 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in FebruaryChina · 169 kmHigh -3.6°C · Low -12.4°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in FebruaryChina · 197 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -11.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Bole in FebruaryChina · 234 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -10.3°C · 6.9 mm precipitation
- Changji in FebruaryChina · 259 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.4°C · 6.7 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in FebruaryChina · 261 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -13.8°C · 5.4 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in FebruaryChina · 273 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Ürümqi in FebruaryChina · 292 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.6°C · 12 mm precipitation
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.