Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In April its highs average 19.6°C, 3.1°C warmer than Ürümqi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 721st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 418th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Ürümqi is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ürümqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -1.2°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 12 | 3.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 7.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 49 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 54 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 43 | 6.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 42 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.8°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | -2.7°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 9.09 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
April in nearby cities
- Changji in AprilChina · 33 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AprilChina · 41 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Shihezi in AprilChina · 137 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Turpan in AprilChina · 159 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Wusu in AprilChina · 244 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Korla in AprilChina · 256 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Karamay in AprilChina · 292 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AprilChina · 353 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 70 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 Ürümqi) is explained once on the Ürümqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.