Climate averages 1991–2020

Turpan weather
in June.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 36.3°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 23.1°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 9.0 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a very hot month in Turpan: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 18 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In June its highs average 26.7°C, 9.6°C cooler than Turpan, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks 1st of 884 for the warmest June highs and 6th of 884 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 884 cities is 28.4°C; Turpan is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 38.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 10 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Turpan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.4°C-8.1°C-8.1°C0.70.39.49 h
February 6.6°C-3.9°C-3.9°C1.90.610.510 h
March 15.7°C2.4°C2.4°C2.30.711.912 h
April 25.3°C11.1°C11.1°C4.31.213.413 h
May 31.4°C17.3°C17.3°C7.31.614.615 h
June, selected 36.3°C23.1°C23.1°C9.02.215.315 h
July 38.1°C25.5°C25.5°C101.915.015 h
August 36.7°C23.9°C23.9°C7.31.213.914 h
September 30.2°C17.3°C17.3°C3.50.812.513 h
October 20.4°C8.5°C8.5°C5.11.311.111 h
November 9.5°C-0.1°C-0.1°C2.20.69.810 h
December 1.3°C-6.5°C-6.5°C0.80.29.19 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Turpan

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 limits

How 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.