Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Turpan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 8.2°C cooler than Turpan, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks joint 21st of 884 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Turpan is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 9.9°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ürümqi in SeptemberChina · 159 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in SeptemberChina · 190 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Changji in SeptemberChina · 192 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Korla in SeptemberChina · 282 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Shihezi in SeptemberChina · 294 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Hami in SeptemberChina · 353 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Wusu in SeptemberChina · 398 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Karamay in SeptemberChina · 450 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 10 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.