Ürümqi climate

Name: Ürümqi
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Ürümqi is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. May is the wettest month (52 mm) and January the driest (7.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ürümqi averages 367 mm of rain, 89 days above 25 °C and 159 days below freezing.

China · population 3,029,372 · 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 -15 °C
Driest month January 8 mm
Wettest month May 52 mm
Least cloud October 35 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record December -32 °C

What to expectÜrümqi through the year

Ürümqi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.6 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 34 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 89 days a year reach 25 °C, 31 of them reach 30 °C, 159 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 52 mm against 8 mm in January — 6.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-5.6 °C	8 mm	41 %
February	-1.9 °C	12 mm	47 %
March	7.0 °C	24 mm	47 %
April	16.5 °C	46 mm	49 %
May	21.9 °C	52 mm	55 %
June	26.8 °C	39 mm	59 %
July	28.6 °C	43 mm	51 %
August	27.3 °C	42 mm	46 %
September	22.0 °C	33 mm	41 %
October	13.9 °C	33 mm	35 %
November	4.4 °C	23 mm	40 %
December	-3.3 °C	13 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	-5.6 °C	-15.1 °C	-10.3 °C	7.5 °C	-28.3 °C	0	0	31
February	-1.9 °C	-11.5 °C	-6.5 °C	11.5 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	28
March	7.0 °C	-4.8 °C	1.3 °C	25.6 °C	-21.4 °C	0	0	26
April	16.5 °C	3.0 °C	10.3 °C	33.5 °C	-15.2 °C	2	0	7
May	21.9 °C	9.5 °C	16.2 °C	33.9 °C	-4.4 °C	10	1	0
June	26.8 °C	15.3 °C	21.5 °C	36.7 °C	5.2 °C	20	7	0
July	28.6 °C	17.3 °C	23.5 °C	39.1 °C	8.9 °C	25	12	0
August	27.3 °C	15.5 °C	21.9 °C	37.3 °C	2.9 °C	22	9	0
September	22.0 °C	9.9 °C	16.2 °C	34.4 °C	-7.2 °C	10	1	0
October	13.9 °C	2.4 °C	7.9 °C	28.0 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	8
November	4.4 °C	-5.7 °C	-1.0 °C	18.4 °C	-23.5 °C	0	0	26
December	-3.3 °C	-13.0 °C	-8.2 °C	8.9 °C	-31.6 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	2	9.3 h/day	41 %	61 %	14 km/h
February	12 mm	3	10 h/day	47 %	64 %	13 km/h
March	24 mm	5	12 h/day	47 %	58 %	15 km/h
April	46 mm	8	13 h/day	49 %	49 %	19 km/h
May	52 mm	7	15 h/day	55 %	44 %	19 km/h
June	39 mm	6	15 h/day	59 %	43 %	17 km/h
July	43 mm	6	15 h/day	51 %	44 %	16 km/h
August	42 mm	6	14 h/day	46 %	45 %	16 km/h
September	33 mm	5	13 h/day	41 %	47 %	16 km/h
October	33 mm	5	11 h/day	35 %	56 %	15 km/h
November	23 mm	5	9.7 h/day	40 %	61 %	14 km/h
December	13 mm	3	8.9 h/day	40 %	61 %	13 km/h

How Ürümqi 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
Ürümqi	29 °C	-15 °C	367 mm	89
Changji · China	32 °C	-16 °C	213 mm	121
Wujiaqu · China	33 °C	-20 °C	179 mm	129
Shihezi · China	33 °C	-18 °C	251 mm	124
Turpan · China	38 °C	-8.6 °C	53 mm	171
Korla · China	33 °C	-10 °C	76 mm	143
Karamay · China	34 °C	-16 °C	112 mm	128

Where Ürümqi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	12thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	24thof 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	27thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	33rdof 50	84/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	48thof 50	89/100
The coolest places in Asia in February	48thof 50	-1.9 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ürümqi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ürümqi?

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

How hot does Ürümqi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 31 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 159 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ürümqi?

May, averaging 52 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is January with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 367 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 Ürümqi 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.