Climate averages 1991–2020
Wusu weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wusu: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shihezi (109 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 3.3°C warmer than Wusu, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wusu ranks joint 648th of 884 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 884 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 884 cities is 29.3°C; Wusu is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 29 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
Wusu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 6.6°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 55 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 28 | 5.9 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 32 | 6.1 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 29 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 33 | 5.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | -5.0°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 5.4 | 1.7 | 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
- Shihezi in AugustChina · 109 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Karamay in AugustChina · 129 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 160 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 212 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Changji in AugustChina · 215 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in AugustChina · 228 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in AugustChina · 244 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 274 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 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 Wusu) is explained once on the Wusu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.