Climate averages 1991–2020
Wusu weather
in January.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Wusu: daytime highs average -8.0°C and nights cool to about -12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes January a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shihezi (109 km away). In January its highs average -9.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Wusu, with 4.2 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wusu ranks 798th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 148th of 884 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Wusu is 13.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.8°C to -3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 4.1 mm to 6.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Shihezi in JanuaryChina · 109 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -17.6°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Karamay in JanuaryChina · 129 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -15.4°C · 1.9 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in JanuaryChina · 160 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -16.3°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Bole in JanuaryChina · 212 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -14.1°C · 4.2 mm precipitation
- Changji in JanuaryChina · 215 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -15.9°C · 4.3 mm precipitation
- Wujiaqu in JanuaryChina · 228 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -19.4°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Ürümqi in JanuaryChina · 244 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -14.5°C · 7.4 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in JanuaryChina · 274 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -9.7°C · 14 mm precipitation
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.