Karamay climate

Name: Karamay
Address: CN

Karamay is warmest in July, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -16 °C. July is the wettest month (18 mm) and February the driest (2.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Karamay averages 112 mm of rain, 128 days above 25 °C and 142 days below freezing.

China · population 261,445 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January -16 °C
Driest month February 2 mm
Wettest month July 18 mm
Least cloud September 38 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectKaramay through the year

Karamay has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.6 °C in January to 34 °C in July, a swing of 41 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 128 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C, 142 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in February to 18 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.6 °C	2 mm	54 %
February	-3.4 °C	2 mm	55 %
March	8.1 °C	6 mm	50 %
April	20.0 °C	13 mm	50 %
May	26.5 °C	15 mm	51 %
June	31.9 °C	13 mm	55 %
July	33.6 °C	18 mm	49 %
August	31.8 °C	13 mm	41 %
September	24.6 °C	10 mm	38 %
October	14.4 °C	11 mm	40 %
November	2.9 °C	6 mm	48 %
December	-6.7 °C	3 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	-9.6 °C	-16.2 °C	-12.9 °C	5.0 °C	-30.2 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.4 °C	-11.6 °C	-7.3 °C	10.7 °C	-26.2 °C	0	0	28
March	8.1 °C	-2.2 °C	3.4 °C	25.7 °C	-22.0 °C	0	0	21
April	20.0 °C	7.6 °C	14.6 °C	35.6 °C	-7.5 °C	6	1	2
May	26.5 °C	13.9 °C	21.2 °C	39.5 °C	0.9 °C	19	8	0
June	31.9 °C	19.9 °C	26.7 °C	41.4 °C	9.4 °C	28	21	0
July	33.6 °C	21.7 °C	28.5 °C	45.4 °C	12.1 °C	31	25	0
August	31.8 °C	19.6 °C	26.5 °C	42.1 °C	5.7 °C	29	21	0
September	24.6 °C	12.9 °C	19.3 °C	38.9 °C	-0.4 °C	14	5	0
October	14.4 °C	4.5 °C	9.6 °C	30.2 °C	-8.7 °C	1	0	5
November	2.9 °C	-4.7 °C	-0.9 °C	18.8 °C	-19.6 °C	0	0	24
December	-6.7 °C	-13.1 °C	-9.9 °C	6.6 °C	-29.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	9.1 h/day	54 %	68 %	9.1 km/h
February	2 mm	1	10 h/day	55 %	66 %	12 km/h
March	6 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	54 %	18 km/h
April	13 mm	3	14 h/day	50 %	36 %	24 km/h
May	15 mm	4	15 h/day	51 %	31 %	26 km/h
June	13 mm	4	16 h/day	55 %	31 %	24 km/h
July	18 mm	5	15 h/day	49 %	34 %	23 km/h
August	13 mm	3	14 h/day	41 %	33 %	22 km/h
September	10 mm	3	13 h/day	38 %	37 %	21 km/h
October	11 mm	3	11 h/day	40 %	50 %	18 km/h
November	6 mm	2	9.5 h/day	48 %	63 %	14 km/h
December	3 mm	1	8.7 h/day	52 %	67 %	10 km/h

How Karamay 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
Karamay	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Tacheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	324 mm	91
Bole · China	31 °C	-15 °C	287 mm	104
Changji · China	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Wujiaqu · China	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Xinyuan · China	25 °C	-16 °C	576 mm	57

Where Karamay ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in January	29th of 50	-9.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	32nd of 50	-6.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	39th of 50	-3.4 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	39th of 50	2.9 °C
The driest places in Asia year-round	43rd of 50	9.4 mm
The driest places in Asia in December	46th of 50	2.6 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Karamay’s climate

When is the best time to visit Karamay?

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

How hot does Karamay get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 81 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -16 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 142 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Karamay?

July, averaging 18 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is February with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 112 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 Karamay 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: 45.585°, 84.887° (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.