Korla climate

Name: Korla
Address: CN

Korla is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -10 °C. June is the wettest month (13 mm) and January the driest (1.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Korla averages 76 mm of rain, 143 days above 25 °C and 125 days below freezing.

China · population 549,324 · 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 -10 °C
Driest month January 1 mm
Wettest month June 13 mm
Least cloud October 29 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -21 °C

What to expectKorla through the year

Korla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.2 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 143 days a year reach 25 °C, 84 of them reach 30 °C, 125 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in January to 13 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.2 °C	1 mm	42 %
February	4.8 °C	3 mm	46 %
March	13.3 °C	4 mm	46 %
April	22.1 °C	7 mm	47 %
May	27.3 °C	10 mm	50 %
June	31.3 °C	13 mm	51 %
July	32.8 °C	11 mm	41 %
August	31.8 °C	9 mm	36 %
September	26.8 °C	5 mm	31 %
October	18.2 °C	7 mm	29 %
November	8.0 °C	4 mm	35 %
December	-0.1 °C	2 mm	40 %

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	-1.2 °C	-10.3 °C	-6.0 °C	7.0 °C	-21.0 °C	0	0	31
February	4.8 °C	-5.3 °C	-0.4 °C	15.8 °C	-18.7 °C	0	0	28
March	13.3 °C	0.5 °C	7.3 °C	25.9 °C	-12.6 °C	0	0	15
April	22.1 °C	7.9 °C	16.0 °C	34.7 °C	-2.8 °C	9	1	1
May	27.3 °C	13.8 °C	21.5 °C	36.0 °C	3.3 °C	23	9	0
June	31.3 °C	18.7 °C	25.8 °C	37.9 °C	10.2 °C	28	20	0
July	32.8 °C	20.6 °C	27.4 °C	41.4 °C	13.5 °C	30	25	0
August	31.8 °C	19.3 °C	26.2 °C	40.0 °C	10.0 °C	30	22	0
September	26.8 °C	14.1 °C	20.9 °C	34.8 °C	3.7 °C	21	6	0
October	18.2 °C	6.6 °C	12.6 °C	28.4 °C	-2.9 °C	2	0	1
November	8.0 °C	-1.1 °C	3.2 °C	18.1 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	19
December	-0.1 °C	-7.8 °C	-4.3 °C	9.0 °C	-20.3 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	9.5 h/day	42 %	59 %	10 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	46 %	54 %	13 km/h
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	46 %	43 %	16 km/h
April	7 mm	2	13 h/day	47 %	33 %	19 km/h
May	10 mm	2	15 h/day	50 %	32 %	19 km/h
June	13 mm	3	15 h/day	51 %	37 %	17 km/h
July	11 mm	3	15 h/day	41 %	41 %	16 km/h
August	9 mm	2	14 h/day	36 %	41 %	16 km/h
September	5 mm	1	13 h/day	31 %	42 %	16 km/h
October	7 mm	1	11 h/day	29 %	49 %	15 km/h
November	4 mm	1	9.8 h/day	35 %	60 %	12 km/h
December	2 mm	1	9.2 h/day	40 %	61 %	9.8 km/h

How Korla 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
Korla	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143
Ürümqi · China	29 °C	-15 °C	367 mm	89
Changji · China	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Turpan · China	38 °C	-8.6 °C	53 mm	171
Wujiaqu · China	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Xinyuan · China	25 °C	-16 °C	576 mm	57

Where Korla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia year-round	20th of 50	6.4 mm
The driest places in Asia in January	21st of 50	1.1 mm
The driest places in Asia in December	39th of 50	2.2 mm
The driest places in Asia in March	49th of 50	4.2 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Korla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Korla?

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 Korla get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 84 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 -10 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 125 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Korla?

June, averaging 13 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is January with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 76 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 Korla 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: 41.761°, 86.152° (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.