Climate averages 1991–2020
Shache weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shache: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (159 km away). In July its highs average 33.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Shache, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shache ranks joint 71st of 884 for the warmest July highs and joint 8th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Shache is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Shache climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kashgar in JulyChina · 159 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Artux in JulyChina · 170 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Tumxuk in JulyChina · 225 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kageleke in JulyChina · 242 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Gujangbagh in JulyChina · 278 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Aqsu in JulyChina · 403 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Wensu in JulyChina · 408 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in JulyChina · 418 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 13 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 Shache) is explained once on the Shache year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.