Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in January.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Turpan: daytime highs average 0.4°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Precipitation is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In January its highs average -4.9°C, 5.3°C cooler than Turpan, with 7.4 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks joint 693rd of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Turpan is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 6.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from under 1 mm to 1.9 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
Turpan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ürümqi in JanuaryChina · 159 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -14.5°C · 7.4 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in JanuaryChina · 190 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -19.4°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Changji in JanuaryChina · 192 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -15.9°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Korla in JanuaryChina · 282 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.6°C · 1.0 mm precipitation
- Shihezi in JanuaryChina · 294 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -17.6°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Hami in JanuaryChina · 353 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -12.8°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Wusu in JanuaryChina · 398 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -12.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Karamay in JanuaryChina · 450 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.4°C · 1.9 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 Turpan) is explained once on the Turpan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.