Climate guideThirty-year normals for Hami
Hami climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing36°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation55 mm10 wet days a year
42.83° N, 93.51° EElevation 783 mUTC+6
When to goHami · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low17° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Hami has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -3° and lows of -14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 36°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 55 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (10 mm, 2 wet days) and April the driest (4 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in October to 34% in June.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Hami is 2.6° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- -14° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- October · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 19 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 03 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 | -3° | 4° | 12° | 21° | 28° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 27° | 17° | 6° | -2° |
| Average low | -14° | -8° | -1° | 6° | 12° | 18° | 20° | 18° | 12° | 4° | -4° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 2 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 5 mm | 7 mm | 10 mm | 7 mm | 5 mm | 5 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 28% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 34% | 27% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Daylight | 9h 22 | 10h 32 | 11h 52 | 13h 22 | 14h 37 | 15h 19 | 15h 03 | 13h 58 | 12h 33 | 11h 07 | 9h 47 | 9h 03 |
| Month score | 57 | 57 | 68 | 99 | 86 | 64 | 57 | 64 | 91 | 93 | 56 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Hami in every month
January57
-3° / -14°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
February57
4° / -8°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
March68
12° / -1°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
April99
21° / 6°
4 mm · 0.2 wet days
May86
28° / 12°
5 mm · 1.3 wet day
June64
33° / 18°
7 mm · 1.3 wet day
July57
34° / 20°
10 mm · 1.7 wet days
August64
33° / 18°
7 mm · 1.5 wet days
September91
27° / 12°
5 mm · 1 wet day
October93
17° / 4°
5 mm · 0.5 wet day
November56
6° / -4°
4 mm · 1 wet day
December57
-2° / -12°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day