Kashgar climate

Name: Kashgar
Address: CN

Kashgar is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.6 °C. August is the wettest month (26 mm) and January the driest (5.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kashgar averages 166 mm of rain, 141 days above 25 °C and 125 days below freezing.

China · population 506,640 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January -9.6 °C
Driest month January 5 mm
Wettest month August 26 mm
Least cloud July 33 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -24 °C

What to expectKashgar through the year

Kashgar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.06 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 141 days a year reach 25 °C, 82 of them reach 30 °C, 125 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 5 mm in January to 26 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.1 °C	5 mm	49 %
February	5.2 °C	10 mm	56 %
March	14.0 °C	14 mm	58 %
April	22.3 °C	11 mm	54 %
May	27.0 °C	22 mm	54 %
June	31.4 °C	16 mm	44 %
July	33.1 °C	15 mm	33 %
August	30.9 °C	26 mm	34 %
September	26.1 °C	24 mm	35 %
October	18.9 °C	11 mm	36 %
November	10.0 °C	7 mm	40 %
December	1.7 °C	5 mm	43 %

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	-0.1 °C	-9.6 °C	-5.2 °C	15.4 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	31
February	5.2 °C	-5.9 °C	-0.7 °C	17.7 °C	-17.5 °C	0	0	28
March	14.0 °C	0.5 °C	7.5 °C	28.5 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	14
April	22.3 °C	7.9 °C	15.8 °C	35.2 °C	-3.7 °C	9	1	1
May	27.0 °C	13.1 °C	20.8 °C	35.7 °C	3.3 °C	22	9	0
June	31.4 °C	17.8 °C	25.3 °C	39.7 °C	10.9 °C	29	21	0
July	33.1 °C	20.1 °C	27.2 °C	41.5 °C	14.4 °C	31	26	0
August	30.9 °C	18.7 °C	25.2 °C	40.3 °C	10.2 °C	29	20	0
September	26.1 °C	13.7 °C	20.1 °C	34.8 °C	5.0 °C	19	5	0
October	18.9 °C	6.5 °C	12.7 °C	31.6 °C	-2.1 °C	2	0	0
November	10.0 °C	-1.3 °C	4.0 °C	22.9 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	19
December	1.7 °C	-7.1 °C	-3.3 °C	15.7 °C	-22.2 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	2	9.7 h/day	49 %	57 %	8.7 km/h
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	56 %	55 %	9.8 km/h
March	14 mm	3	12 h/day	58 %	45 %	12 km/h
April	11 mm	3	13 h/day	54 %	31 %	15 km/h
May	22 mm	4	14 h/day	54 %	30 %	16 km/h
June	16 mm	4	15 h/day	44 %	29 %	16 km/h
July	15 mm	3	15 h/day	33 %	31 %	15 km/h
August	26 mm	4	14 h/day	34 %	38 %	13 km/h
September	24 mm	4	12 h/day	35 %	42 %	12 km/h
October	11 mm	2	11 h/day	36 %	45 %	12 km/h
November	7 mm	2	10 h/day	40 %	53 %	9.9 km/h
December	5 mm	1	9.4 h/day	43 %	59 %	8.8 km/h

How Kashgar 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
Kashgar	33 °C	-9.6 °C	166 mm	141
Artux · China	33 °C	-9.1 °C	116 mm	135
Osh · Kyrgyzstan	30 °C	-8.4 °C	634 mm	103
Andijon · Uzbekistan	36 °C	-4.4 °C	365 mm	154
Fergana · Uzbekistan	35 °C	-2.2 °C	281 mm	149
Marg‘ilon · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-2.5 °C	282 mm	157
Bishkek · Kyrgyzstan	29 °C	-9.2 °C	647 mm	91

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kashgar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kashgar?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kashgar get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 82 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 125 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kashgar?

August, averaging 26 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is January with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 166 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 Kashgar 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.