Aqsu climate

Name: Aqsu
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Aqsu is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -11 °C. September is the wettest month (21 mm) and January the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aqsu averages 130 mm of rain, 122 days above 25 °C and 140 days below freezing.

China · population 535,657 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January -11 °C
Driest month January 2 mm
Wettest month September 21 mm
Least cloud September 37 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -26 °C

What to expectAqsu through the year

Aqsu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -2.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 122 days a year reach 25 °C, 51 of them reach 30 °C, 140 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in January to 21 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-2.0 °C	2 mm	47 %
February	3.9 °C	6 mm	52 %
March	12.5 °C	8 mm	54 %
April	20.9 °C	10 mm	51 %
May	25.6 °C	14 mm	57 %
June	29.2 °C	14 mm	53 %
July	30.6 °C	15 mm	40 %
August	29.2 °C	20 mm	38 %
September	24.6 °C	21 mm	37 %
October	17.2 °C	11 mm	37 %
November	7.5 °C	6 mm	40 %
December	-0.4 °C	3 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-2.0 °C	-11.3 °C	-7.1 °C	8.3 °C	-25.8 °C	0	0	31
February	3.9 °C	-7.1 °C	-2.1 °C	15.0 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	28
March	12.5 °C	-1.7 °C	5.4 °C	24.8 °C	-11.4 °C	0	0	23
April	20.9 °C	5.2 °C	13.7 °C	31.9 °C	-6.6 °C	6	0	2
May	25.6 °C	10.8 °C	19.1 °C	34.1 °C	2.5 °C	18	4	0
June	29.2 °C	15.1 °C	23.0 °C	37.0 °C	8.7 °C	27	13	0
July	30.6 °C	17.1 °C	24.6 °C	38.9 °C	12.0 °C	30	18	0
August	29.2 °C	16.1 °C	23.1 °C	38.0 °C	9.3 °C	27	14	0
September	24.6 °C	11.5 °C	18.2 °C	32.3 °C	3.4 °C	14	2	0
October	17.2 °C	4.5 °C	10.7 °C	26.7 °C	-2.9 °C	1	0	2
November	7.5 °C	-2.5 °C	2.0 °C	18.7 °C	-9.7 °C	0	0	23
December	-0.4 °C	-8.4 °C	-4.9 °C	8.1 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	0	9.5 h/day	47 %	62 %	7.5 km/h
February	6 mm	2	11 h/day	52 %	57 %	8.4 km/h
March	8 mm	2	12 h/day	54 %	51 %	11 km/h
April	10 mm	2	13 h/day	51 %	41 %	13 km/h
May	14 mm	3	14 h/day	57 %	38 %	13 km/h
June	14 mm	3	15 h/day	53 %	41 %	13 km/h
July	15 mm	4	15 h/day	40 %	46 %	12 km/h
August	20 mm	5	14 h/day	38 %	51 %	11 km/h
September	21 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	54 %	11 km/h
October	11 mm	3	11 h/day	37 %	56 %	9.8 km/h
November	6 mm	1	9.9 h/day	40 %	63 %	8.1 km/h
December	3 mm	1	9.2 h/day	44 %	66 %	7.2 km/h

How Aqsu compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aqsu	31 °C	-11 °C	130 mm	122
Ghulja · China	30 °C	-10 °C	292 mm	109
Huocheng · China	30 °C	-12 °C	216 mm	108
Xinyuan · China	25 °C	-16 °C	576 mm	57
Almaty · Kazakhstan	27 °C	-9.0 °C	823 mm	66
Artux · China	33 °C	-9.1 °C	116 mm	135
Kashgar · China	33 °C	-9.6 °C	166 mm	141

Where Aqsu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	10thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	25thof 50	96/100
The driest places in Asia in January	38thof 50	1.5 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	46thof 50	84/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aqsu.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aqsu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aqsu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aqsu get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 51 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -11 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 140 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Aqsu?

September, averaging 21 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 130 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aqsu rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.