Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in October.
A cool, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Karamay: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In October its highs average 13.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Karamay, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 758th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 18th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Karamay is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.5°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 6.1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Wusu in OctoberChina · 129 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Shihezi in OctoberChina · 169 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Tacheng in OctoberChina · 197 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Bole in OctoberChina · 234 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Changji in OctoberChina · 259 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in OctoberChina · 261 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Xinyuan in OctoberChina · 273 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Ürümqi in OctoberChina · 292 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 34 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.