Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Tacheng: daytime highs average -5.2°C and nights cool to about -13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In January its highs average -9.0°C, 3.9°C cooler than Tacheng, with 1.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks 773rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 452nd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Tacheng is 11.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.6°C to -1.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 21 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in JanuaryChina · 197 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.4°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 217 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in JanuaryKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -11.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Wusu in JanuaryChina · 290 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -12.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 340 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in JanuaryChina · 341 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -11.4°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in JanuaryChina · 345 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in JanuaryKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.