Bole climate

Name: Bole
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Bole is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. May is the wettest month (50 mm) and January the driest (4.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bole averages 287 mm of rain, 104 days above 25 °C and 149 days below freezing.

China · population 235,585 · 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 -15 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month May 50 mm
Least cloud September 39 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -31 °C

What to expectBole through the year

Bole has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.8 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 104 days a year reach 25 °C, 48 of them reach 30 °C, 149 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 50 mm against 4 mm in January — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.8 °C	4 mm	50 %
February	-3.1 °C	7 mm	54 %
March	6.5 °C	17 mm	54 %
April	17.5 °C	38 mm	54 %
May	23.4 °C	50 mm	54 %
June	28.9 °C	31 mm	55 %
July	30.7 °C	33 mm	47 %
August	28.9 °C	30 mm	40 %
September	22.3 °C	27 mm	39 %
October	13.2 °C	25 mm	44 %
November	2.9 °C	17 mm	52 %
December	-5.0 °C	7 mm	52 %

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	-7.8 °C	-14.9 °C	-11.4 °C	7.2 °C	-30.7 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.1 °C	-11.1 °C	-7.0 °C	11.5 °C	-27.6 °C	0	0	28
March	6.5 °C	-3.4 °C	1.8 °C	23.4 °C	-19.5 °C	0	0	24
April	17.5 °C	4.3 °C	11.7 °C	33.4 °C	-9.4 °C	3	0	5
May	23.4 °C	10.3 °C	17.8 °C	37.1 °C	-1.3 °C	12	3	0
June	28.9 °C	15.9 °C	23.4 °C	37.6 °C	6.7 °C	25	12	0
July	30.7 °C	17.9 °C	25.3 °C	41.4 °C	8.1 °C	29	18	0
August	28.9 °C	16.2 °C	23.4 °C	39.2 °C	6.4 °C	25	13	0
September	22.3 °C	10.8 °C	17.1 °C	35.4 °C	-1.2 °C	10	2	0
October	13.2 °C	3.5 °C	8.5 °C	28.6 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	5
November	2.9 °C	-4.1 °C	-0.7 °C	18.2 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	24
December	-5.0 °C	-11.7 °C	-8.4 °C	8.1 °C	-28.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	2	9.2 h/day	50 %	64 %	8.1 km/h
February	7 mm	2	10 h/day	54 %	65 %	8.8 km/h
March	17 mm	4	12 h/day	54 %	63 %	9.5 km/h
April	38 mm	7	13 h/day	54 %	55 %	11 km/h
May	50 mm	8	15 h/day	54 %	52 %	12 km/h
June	31 mm	7	16 h/day	55 %	47 %	12 km/h
July	33 mm	7	15 h/day	47 %	48 %	12 km/h
August	30 mm	6	14 h/day	40 %	50 %	12 km/h
September	27 mm	5	13 h/day	39 %	54 %	11 km/h
October	25 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	64 %	9.4 km/h
November	17 mm	4	9.6 h/day	52 %	66 %	8.2 km/h
December	7 mm	2	8.8 h/day	52 %	64 %	7.9 km/h

How Bole 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
Bole	31 °C	-15 °C	287 mm	104
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
Tacheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	324 mm	91
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124

Where Bole ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	4thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	5thof 50	98/100
The coolest places in Asia in January	39thof 50	-7.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	42ndof 50	-5.0 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	42ndof 50	-3.1 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	42ndof 50	2.9 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bole’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bole?

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 Bole get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 48 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 149 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bole?

May, averaging 50 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 287 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 Bole 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.