Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in October.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In October its highs average 16.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Ürümqi, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 771st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 209th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Ürümqi is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.3°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Changji in OctoberChina · 33 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in OctoberChina · 41 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Shihezi in OctoberChina · 137 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Turpan in OctoberChina · 159 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Wusu in OctoberChina · 244 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Korla in OctoberChina · 256 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Karamay in OctoberChina · 292 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Xinyuan in OctoberChina · 353 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 42 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.