Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Karamay: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 19 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In July its highs average 29.5°C, 4.1°C cooler than Karamay, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 8th of 884 for the warmest July highs and 15th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Karamay is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Wusu in JulyChina · 129 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Shihezi in JulyChina · 169 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Tacheng in JulyChina · 197 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Bole in JulyChina · 234 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Changji in JulyChina · 259 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in JulyChina · 261 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinyuan in JulyChina · 273 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Ürümqi in JulyChina · 292 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 43 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.