Ghulja climate

Name: Ghulja
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Ghulja is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -10 °C. May is the wettest month (40 mm) and January the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ghulja averages 292 mm of rain, 109 days above 25 °C and 142 days below freezing.

China · population 269,158 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -10 °C
Driest month January 14 mm
Wettest month May 40 mm
Least cloud September 34 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -32 °C

What to expectGhulja through the year

Ghulja has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.6 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 109 days a year reach 25 °C, 44 of them reach 30 °C, 142 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 14 mm in January to 40 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.6 °C	14 mm	49 %
February	3.8 °C	17 mm	52 %
March	11.4 °C	20 mm	52 %
April	18.7 °C	36 mm	53 %
May	23.9 °C	40 mm	55 %
June	27.9 °C	33 mm	55 %
July	29.9 °C	31 mm	44 %
August	28.9 °C	22 mm	36 %
September	24.2 °C	16 mm	34 %
October	16.8 °C	20 mm	38 %
November	8.8 °C	24 mm	48 %
December	2.7 °C	19 mm	49 %

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	0.6 °C	-10.2 °C	-5.5 °C	15.4 °C	-32.4 °C	0	0	31
February	3.8 °C	-7.8 °C	-2.5 °C	17.1 °C	-25.1 °C	0	0	28
March	11.4 °C	-1.9 °C	4.5 °C	25.5 °C	-20.2 °C	0	0	21
April	18.7 °C	4.7 °C	12.1 °C	35.0 °C	-7.2 °C	4	0	4
May	23.9 °C	10.0 °C	17.6 °C	35.3 °C	-2.5 °C	13	3	0
June	27.9 °C	14.8 °C	22.0 °C	36.6 °C	5.7 °C	23	10	0
July	29.9 °C	16.9 °C	24.0 °C	39.7 °C	8.9 °C	27	16	0
August	28.9 °C	15.3 °C	22.6 °C	39.3 °C	3.7 °C	26	13	0
September	24.2 °C	10.4 °C	17.4 °C	35.2 °C	-0.6 °C	14	3	0
October	16.8 °C	3.6 °C	9.9 °C	29.8 °C	-6.7 °C	2	0	5
November	8.8 °C	-2.3 °C	2.5 °C	24.4 °C	-18.1 °C	0	0	22
December	2.7 °C	-7.3 °C	-3.2 °C	15.4 °C	-25.3 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	14 mm	4	9.3 h/day	49 %	60 %	14 km/h
February	17 mm	4	10 h/day	52 %	58 %	15 km/h
March	20 mm	5	12 h/day	52 %	54 %	16 km/h
April	36 mm	8	13 h/day	53 %	50 %	18 km/h
May	40 mm	7	15 h/day	55 %	45 %	18 km/h
June	33 mm	6	15 h/day	55 %	45 %	16 km/h
July	31 mm	5	15 h/day	44 %	44 %	16 km/h
August	22 mm	4	14 h/day	36 %	44 %	16 km/h
September	16 mm	4	13 h/day	34 %	45 %	16 km/h
October	20 mm	5	11 h/day	38 %	52 %	15 km/h
November	24 mm	5	9.7 h/day	48 %	56 %	15 km/h
December	19 mm	5	8.9 h/day	49 %	57 %	14 km/h

How Ghulja 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
Ghulja	30 °C	-10 °C	292 mm	109
Huocheng · China	30 °C	-12 °C	216 mm	108
Bole · China	31 °C	-15 °C	287 mm	104
Xinyuan · China	25 °C	-16 °C	576 mm	57
Aqsu · China	31 °C	-11 °C	130 mm	123
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Tacheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	324 mm	91

Where Ghulja ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	22nd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	36th of 50	85/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	45th of 50	82/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	49th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ghulja’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ghulja?

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 Ghulja get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 44 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -10 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 142 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ghulja?

May, averaging 40 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is January with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 292 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 Ghulja 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
Data point: 43.915°, 81.322° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.