Climate averages 1991–2020
Korla 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 Korla: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (256 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 4.7°C cooler than Korla, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Korla ranks joint 340th of 884 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Korla is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.5°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.1 mm to 7.1 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
Korla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| September, selected | 26.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ürümqi in SeptemberChina · 256 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Changji in SeptemberChina · 267 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Xincheng in SeptemberChina · 267 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Turpan in SeptemberChina · 282 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Shihezi in SeptemberChina · 283 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in SeptemberChina · 289 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyuan in SeptemberChina · 301 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Wusu in SeptemberChina · 320 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 29 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 Korla) is explained once on the Korla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.