Changji climate

Name: Changji
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Changji is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. May is the wettest month (27 mm) and January the driest (4.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Changji averages 213 mm of rain, 121 days above 25 °C and 154 days below freezing.

China · population 198,776 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January -16 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month May 27 mm
Least cloud October 34 % cloud
Hottest on record July 43 °C
Coldest on record January -32 °C

What to expectChangji through the year

Changji has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -7.5 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 38 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 121 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C, 154 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 5 mm in January to 27 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-7.5 °C	5 mm	48 %
February	-2.4 °C	7 mm	52 %
March	8.9 °C	13 mm	47 %
April	19.4 °C	25 mm	48 %
May	25.2 °C	27 mm	53 %
June	30.3 °C	23 mm	57 %
July	32.0 °C	23 mm	50 %
August	30.4 °C	27 mm	44 %
September	24.6 °C	20 mm	38 %
October	15.8 °C	21 mm	34 %
November	5.0 °C	14 mm	40 %
December	-4.5 °C	8 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	-7.5 °C	-16.3 °C	-12.0 °C	8.6 °C	-32.1 °C	0	0	31
February	-2.4 °C	-11.9 °C	-7.1 °C	14.3 °C	-28.3 °C	0	0	28
March	8.9 °C	-3.9 °C	2.5 °C	26.7 °C	-23.0 °C	0	0	26
April	19.4 °C	4.4 °C	12.6 °C	35.0 °C	-10.7 °C	5	1	6
May	25.2 °C	11.4 °C	19.0 °C	37.8 °C	-1.2 °C	17	6	0
June	30.3 °C	17.6 °C	24.5 °C	40.0 °C	7.6 °C	26	17	0
July	32.0 °C	19.4 °C	26.4 °C	43.3 °C	10.3 °C	29	22	0
August	30.4 °C	17.3 °C	24.5 °C	41.4 °C	5.8 °C	27	17	0
September	24.6 °C	11.4 °C	18.4 °C	38.7 °C	0.1 °C	15	5	0
October	15.8 °C	3.5 °C	9.5 °C	31.4 °C	-7.6 °C	2	0	6
November	5.0 °C	-4.6 °C	-0.2 °C	20.7 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	26
December	-4.5 °C	-12.8 °C	-8.9 °C	9.8 °C	-31.4 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	2	9.3 h/day	48 %	69 %	8.8 km/h
February	7 mm	2	10 h/day	52 %	71 %	9.7 km/h
March	13 mm	3	12 h/day	47 %	58 %	13 km/h
April	25 mm	5	13 h/day	48 %	45 %	17 km/h
May	27 mm	5	15 h/day	53 %	40 %	18 km/h
June	23 mm	5	15 h/day	57 %	38 %	17 km/h
July	23 mm	4	15 h/day	50 %	40 %	16 km/h
August	27 mm	5	14 h/day	44 %	42 %	16 km/h
September	20 mm	4	13 h/day	38 %	44 %	15 km/h
October	21 mm	4	11 h/day	34 %	54 %	13 km/h
November	14 mm	4	9.7 h/day	40 %	61 %	10 km/h
December	8 mm	2	8.9 h/day	44 %	63 %	8.7 km/h

How Changji 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
Changji	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Wujiaqu · China	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Ürümqi · China	29 °C	-15 °C	367 mm	89
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Turpan · China	38 °C	-8.6 °C	53 mm	171
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Korla · China	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143

Where Changji ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	14thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	33rdof 50	96/100
The coolest places in Asia in January	41stof 50	-7.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	46thof 50	-4.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	46thof 50	-2.4 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Changji’s climate

When is the best time to visit Changji?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, August, 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 Changji get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 69 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 154 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Changji?

May, averaging 27 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 213 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 Changji 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.