Turpan climate

Name: Turpan
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Turpan is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.6 °C. July is the wettest month (9.8 mm) and December the driest (0.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Turpan averages 53 mm of rain, 171 days above 25 °C and 115 days below freezing.

China · population 273,385 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January -8.6 °C
Driest month December 1 mm
Wettest month July 10 mm
Least cloud October 27 % cloud
Hottest on record July 49 °C
Coldest on record January -17 °C

What to expectTurpan through the year

Turpan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.00 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 37 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 171 days a year reach 25 °C, 133 of them reach 30 °C, 115 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in December to 10 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.0 °C	1 mm	34 %
February	6.4 °C	2 mm	39 %
March	16.0 °C	2 mm	41 %
April	25.7 °C	4 mm	43 %
May	31.7 °C	6 mm	48 %
June	36.7 °C	9 mm	53 %
July	38.5 °C	10 mm	45 %
August	37.0 °C	7 mm	36 %
September	30.5 °C	4 mm	31 %
October	20.5 °C	5 mm	27 %
November	9.4 °C	2 mm	32 %
December	1.0 °C	1 mm	33 %

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	0.0 °C	-8.6 °C	-4.3 °C	8.4 °C	-17.4 °C	0	0	31
February	6.4 °C	-4.1 °C	1.1 °C	16.0 °C	-14.9 °C	0	0	26
March	16.0 °C	2.5 °C	9.6 °C	29.4 °C	-7.9 °C	1	0	10
April	25.7 °C	11.0 °C	19.2 °C	40.9 °C	-1.2 °C	17	6	0
May	31.7 °C	17.5 °C	25.5 °C	42.7 °C	7.0 °C	28	21	0
June	36.7 °C	23.4 °C	30.9 °C	45.4 °C	12.7 °C	30	28	0
July	38.5 °C	25.7 °C	32.9 °C	49.1 °C	17.2 °C	31	31	0
August	37.0 °C	23.8 °C	31.2 °C	46.4 °C	11.7 °C	31	30	0
September	30.5 °C	17.1 °C	24.5 °C	41.5 °C	4.2 °C	27	16	0
October	20.5 °C	8.3 °C	14.9 °C	32.6 °C	-2.5 °C	6	1	0
November	9.4 °C	-0.4 °C	4.7 °C	20.1 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	16
December	1.0 °C	-7.1 °C	-3.1 °C	9.6 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	1 mm	0	9.4 h/day	34 %	47 %	9.7 km/h
February	2 mm	1	11 h/day	39 %	43 %	11 km/h
March	2 mm	1	12 h/day	41 %	33 %	12 km/h
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	43 %	22 %	14 km/h
May	6 mm	2	15 h/day	48 %	20 %	15 km/h
June	9 mm	2	15 h/day	53 %	22 %	15 km/h
July	10 mm	2	15 h/day	45 %	24 %	15 km/h
August	7 mm	1	14 h/day	36 %	23 %	14 km/h
September	4 mm	1	13 h/day	31 %	25 %	13 km/h
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	34 %	11 km/h
November	2 mm	1	9.7 h/day	32 %	49 %	10 km/h
December	1 mm	0	9.0 h/day	33 %	50 %	9.6 km/h

How Turpan 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
Turpan	38 °C	-8.6 °C	53 mm	171
Ürümqi · China	29 °C	-15 °C	367 mm	89
Wujiaqu · China	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Changji · China	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Korla · China	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Hami · China	35 °C	-13 °C	46 mm	141

Where Turpan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in December	10th of 50	0.7 mm
The driest places in Asia in November	10th of 50	2.0 mm
The driest places in Asia year-round	10th of 50	4.4 mm
The driest places in Asia in January	11th of 50	0.7 mm
The driest places in Asia in March	32nd of 50	2.3 mm
The driest places in the world year-round	35th of 50	4.4 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Turpan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Turpan?

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

How hot does Turpan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 133 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 115 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Turpan?

July, averaging 10 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is December with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 53 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 Turpan 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: 42.948°, 89.179° (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.