Climate averages 1991–2020

Shache weather
in January.

A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 1.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -7.7°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 1.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Shache: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 1.2 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (159 km away). In January its highs average 0.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Shache, with 4.6 mm of precipitation.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shache ranks 677th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Shache is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 6.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.2 mm to 1.6 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shache climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Shache, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	1.2°C-7.7°C	-7.7°C	1.2	0.5	9.810 h
February	6.6°C-4.8°C	-4.8°C	1.6	0.5	10.711 h
March	15.4°C1.3°C	1.3°C	4.0	0.9	11.912 h
April	23.2°C8.7°C	8.7°C	4.7	1.2	13.213 h
May	27.3°C13.9°C	13.9°C	14	2.5	14.214 h
June	30.9°C18.3°C	18.3°C	10	2.2	14.815 h
July	32.5°C20.6°C	20.6°C	12	2.3	14.615 h
August	30.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	15	3.2	13.714 h
September	26.5°C14.6°C	14.6°C	13	2.5	12.512 h
October	19.5°C7.5°C	7.5°C	3.0	0.9	11.211 h
November	10.9°C0.1°C	0.1°C	2.5	0.5	10.110 h
December	2.8°C-5.3°C	-5.3°C	0.9	0.4	9.510 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

Distance from Shache

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shache) is explained once on the Shache year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.