Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Karamay: daytime highs average -9.0°C and nights cool to about -15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.9 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In January its highs average -8.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Karamay, with 4.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks 804th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 39th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Karamay is 14.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.1°C to -2.9°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Wusu in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -12.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in JanuaryChina · 169 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -17.6°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in JanuaryChina · 197 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -13.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 234 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Changji in JanuaryChina · 259 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -15.9°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in JanuaryChina · 261 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -19.4°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in JanuaryChina · 273 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -16.3°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in JanuaryChina · 292 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -14.5°C · 7.4 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.