Shihezi climate

Name: Shihezi
Address: CN

Shihezi is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. May is the wettest month (40 mm) and January the driest (4.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shihezi averages 251 mm of rain, 124 days above 25 °C and 145 days below freezing.

China · population 572,772 · 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 -18 °C
Driest month January 4 mm
Wettest month May 40 mm
Least cloud October 38 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record December -35 °C

What to expectShihezi through the year

Shihezi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -10 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 41 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 124 days a year reach 25 °C, 74 of them reach 30 °C, 145 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 4 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	-10.1 °C	4 mm	68 %
February	-3.8 °C	7 mm	64 %
March	8.5 °C	18 mm	50 %
April	19.7 °C	35 mm	51 %
May	25.7 °C	40 mm	54 %
June	30.8 °C	21 mm	58 %
July	32.6 °C	22 mm	50 %
August	31.2 °C	25 mm	44 %
September	25.0 °C	26 mm	41 %
October	15.8 °C	28 mm	38 %
November	4.2 °C	18 mm	48 %
December	-6.4 °C	7 mm	64 %

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	-10.1 °C	-17.9 °C	-14.0 °C	4.7 °C	-34.0 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.8 °C	-12.9 °C	-8.2 °C	11.4 °C	-25.7 °C	0	0	28
March	8.5 °C	-3.3 °C	2.7 °C	27.1 °C	-22.7 °C	0	0	23
April	19.7 °C	4.8 °C	12.9 °C	35.9 °C	-6.4 °C	5	1	4
May	25.7 °C	11.5 °C	19.3 °C	38.5 °C	1.4 °C	18	7	0
June	30.8 °C	17.8 °C	25.0 °C	40.2 °C	8.7 °C	27	19	0
July	32.6 °C	19.8 °C	26.9 °C	44.9 °C	11.4 °C	30	23	0
August	31.2 °C	17.9 °C	25.2 °C	41.6 °C	6.2 °C	28	19	0
September	25.0 °C	12.1 °C	19.0 °C	38.1 °C	1.5 °C	16	6	0
October	15.8 °C	4.6 °C	10.3 °C	29.7 °C	-6.9 °C	1	0	3
November	4.2 °C	-4.0 °C	-0.1 °C	18.6 °C	-19.2 °C	0	0	24
December	-6.4 °C	-13.7 °C	-10.1 °C	7.0 °C	-34.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	4 mm	1	9.2 h/day	68 %	78 %	8.6 km/h
February	7 mm	2	10 h/day	64 %	77 %	9.6 km/h
March	18 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	59 %	12 km/h
April	35 mm	7	13 h/day	51 %	49 %	15 km/h
May	40 mm	6	15 h/day	54 %	43 %	16 km/h
June	21 mm	5	16 h/day	58 %	40 %	17 km/h
July	22 mm	4	15 h/day	50 %	41 %	16 km/h
August	25 mm	4	14 h/day	44 %	42 %	15 km/h
September	26 mm	5	13 h/day	41 %	45 %	13 km/h
October	28 mm	5	11 h/day	38 %	55 %	12 km/h
November	18 mm	4	9.6 h/day	48 %	67 %	10 km/h
December	7 mm	2	8.9 h/day	64 %	76 %	9.0 km/h

How Shihezi 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
Shihezi	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Changji · China	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
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Xinyuan · China	25 °C	-16 °C	576 mm	57
Korla · China	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143

Where Shihezi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	20thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Asia in January	27thof 50	-10 °C
The coolest places in Asia in December	35thof 50	-6.4 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	35thof 50	-3.8 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in September	40thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Asia in November	47thof 50	4.2 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shihezi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shihezi?

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 Shihezi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 74 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 -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 145 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shihezi?

May, averaging 40 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is January with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 251 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 Shihezi 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.