Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Karamay: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 2.6°C cooler than Karamay, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 614th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Karamay is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 10.1°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Wusu in SeptemberChina · 129 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Shihezi in SeptemberChina · 169 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Tacheng in SeptemberChina · 197 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Bole in SeptemberChina · 234 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Changji in SeptemberChina · 259 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in SeptemberChina · 261 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyuan in SeptemberChina · 273 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Ürümqi in SeptemberChina · 292 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 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.