Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 3.4°C warmer than Ürümqi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 690th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 31st of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Ürümqi is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Changji in AugustChina · 33 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 137 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Turpan in AugustChina · 159 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 244 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Korla in AugustChina · 256 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 292 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 353 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 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.