Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In September its highs average 24.9°C, 2.8°C warmer than Ürümqi, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 740th of 884 for the warmest September highs and joint 38th of 884 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 884 cities is 25.7°C; Ürümqi is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 34 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Changji in SeptemberChina · 33 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in SeptemberChina · 41 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Shihezi in SeptemberChina · 137 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Turpan in SeptemberChina · 159 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Wusu in SeptemberChina · 244 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Korla in SeptemberChina · 256 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Karamay in SeptemberChina · 292 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Xinyuan in SeptemberChina · 353 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 43 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.