Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Turpan: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 9.4°C cooler than Turpan, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks 1st of 884 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Turpan is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.3 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Turpan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 15.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 36.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 38.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.19 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
August in nearby cities
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 159 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 190 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in AugustChina · 192 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Korla in AugustChina · 282 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 294 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Hami in AugustChina · 353 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 398 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 450 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°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 Turpan) is explained once on the Turpan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.