Tacheng climate

Name: Tacheng
Address: CN

Tacheng is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -14 °C. November is the wettest month (41 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tacheng averages 324 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 167 days below freezing.

China · population 161,037 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -14 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month November 41 mm
Least cloud August 33 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -34 °C

What to expectTacheng through the year

Tacheng has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.3 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C, 167 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 17 mm in February to 41 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.3 °C	21 mm	51 %
February	-1.7 °C	17 mm	53 %
March	6.0 °C	22 mm	49 %
April	15.9 °C	33 mm	49 %
May	22.1 °C	33 mm	46 %
June	27.4 °C	30 mm	47 %
July	29.1 °C	31 mm	44 %
August	28.2 °C	20 mm	33 %
September	22.2 °C	21 mm	34 %
October	13.8 °C	25 mm	44 %
November	4.0 °C	41 mm	53 %
December	-3.1 °C	29 mm	53 %

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	-5.3 °C	-14.0 °C	-9.8 °C	10.8 °C	-33.6 °C	0	0	31
February	-1.7 °C	-11.7 °C	-6.7 °C	12.0 °C	-28.6 °C	0	0	28
March	6.0 °C	-5.9 °C	0.0 °C	21.5 °C	-25.8 °C	0	0	28
April	15.9 °C	1.6 °C	9.3 °C	33.0 °C	-15.7 °C	1	0	11
May	22.1 °C	8.0 °C	15.8 °C	36.8 °C	-2.9 °C	9	2	1
June	27.4 °C	13.9 °C	21.3 °C	36.7 °C	4.4 °C	21	9	0
July	29.1 °C	16.1 °C	23.2 °C	41.1 °C	8.6 °C	26	13	0
August	28.2 °C	14.3 °C	21.8 °C	39.3 °C	3.1 °C	24	11	0
September	22.2 °C	8.6 °C	15.7 °C	36.0 °C	-3.2 °C	9	2	0
October	13.8 °C	1.9 °C	7.7 °C	26.6 °C	-11.1 °C	0	0	10
November	4.0 °C	-5.2 °C	-1.0 °C	20.8 °C	-26.2 °C	0	0	26
December	-3.1 °C	-11.6 °C	-7.5 °C	8.8 °C	-32.2 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	5	9.0 h/day	51 %	62 %	11 km/h
February	17 mm	4	10 h/day	53 %	63 %	12 km/h
March	22 mm	6	12 h/day	49 %	60 %	14 km/h
April	33 mm	6	14 h/day	49 %	54 %	17 km/h
May	33 mm	6	15 h/day	46 %	47 %	17 km/h
June	30 mm	6	16 h/day	47 %	46 %	16 km/h
July	31 mm	6	15 h/day	44 %	47 %	15 km/h
August	20 mm	4	14 h/day	33 %	43 %	15 km/h
September	21 mm	4	13 h/day	34 %	43 %	15 km/h
October	25 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	53 %	14 km/h
November	41 mm	7	9.4 h/day	53 %	60 %	12 km/h
December	29 mm	7	8.6 h/day	53 %	63 %	11 km/h

How Tacheng 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
Tacheng	29 °C	-14 °C	324 mm	91
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128
Bole · China	31 °C	-15 °C	287 mm	104
Ghulja · China	30 °C	-10 °C	292 mm	109
Huocheng · China	30 °C	-12 °C	216 mm	108
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Ust-Kamenogorsk · Kazakhstan	27 °C	-19 °C	549 mm	65

Where Tacheng ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	27th of 50	87/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	34th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	36th of 50	84/100
The coolest places in Asia in November	45th of 50	4.0 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tacheng’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tacheng?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August 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 Tacheng get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 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 -14 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 167 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tacheng?

November, averaging 41 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 324 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 Tacheng 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: 46.745°, 82.958° (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.