Climate averages 1991–2020
Wujiaqu weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wujiaqu: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (24 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Wujiaqu, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wujiaqu ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wujiaqu is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 15 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
Wujiaqu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.0°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.3°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 10 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 23 | 4.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 26.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 22 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 4.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 22 | 4.5 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 22 | 4.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 16 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 12 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | -6.8°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 7.3 | 2.3 | 8.99 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 · 24 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 41 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 119 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Turpan in AugustChina · 190 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Wusu in AugustChina · 228 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 261 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Korla in AugustChina · 289 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 352 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 Wujiaqu) is explained once on the Wujiaqu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.