Climate guideThirty-year normals for Aksu
Aksu climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing29°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation88 mm31 wet days a year
41.18° N, 80.28° EElevation 1,119 mUTC+6
When to goAksu · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low17° / 5°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Aksu has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 30° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 29°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 88 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (13 mm, 6 wet days) and December the driest (3 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 21% in August to 40% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Aksu is 2.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · July
- Coldest nights
- -11° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- August · 21% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 14 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -2° | 4° | 12° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 24° | 17° | 7° | 0° |
| Average low | -11° | -8° | -2° | 4° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 11° | 5° | -2° | -8° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 5 mm | 10 mm | 13 mm | 17 mm | 13 mm | 9 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 37% | 39% | 36% | 40% | 37% | 25% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 25% | 30% |
| Daylight | 9h 31 | 10h 37 | 11h 53 | 13h 17 | 14h 28 | 15h 07 | 14h 52 | 13h 51 | 12h 31 | 11h 10 | 9h 54 | 9h 14 |
| Month score | 56 | 53 | 60 | 93 | 87 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 92 | 90 | 56 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Aksu in every month
January56
-2° / -11°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
February53
4° / -8°
3 mm · 0.7 wet day
March60
12° / -2°
5 mm · 0.7 wet day
April93
20° / 4°
5 mm · 1.9 wet days
May87
25° / 10°
10 mm · 3.2 wet days
June69
29° / 14°
13 mm · 5.7 wet days
July68
30° / 16°
17 mm · 5.5 wet days
August71
29° / 15°
13 mm · 6 wet days
September92
24° / 11°
9 mm · 3.5 wet days
October90
17° / 5°
6 mm · 1.6 wet days
November56
7° / -2°
2 mm · 1 wet day
December57
0° / -8°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days