Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Turpan: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In July its highs average 28.6°C, 9.6°C cooler than Turpan, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks 1st of 884 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 884 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 884 cities is 30.0°C; Turpan is 8.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 7.3 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ürümqi in JulyChina · 159 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in JulyChina · 190 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in JulyChina · 192 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Korla in JulyChina · 282 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Shihezi in JulyChina · 294 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Hami in JulyChina · 353 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Wusu in JulyChina · 398 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Karamay in JulyChina · 450 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 18 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.