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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Khorgos
Khorgos climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing28°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation308 mm69 wet days a year
44.20° N, 80.42° EElevation 789 mUTC+6
When to goKhorgos · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low16° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Khorgos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 29° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 28°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 308 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (41 mm, 9 wet days) and September the driest (16 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 22% in August to 41% in May.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Khorgos is 3.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · July
- Coldest nights
- -10° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 22% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 29 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 54 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 | 0° | 3° | 9° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 28° | 23° | 16° | 8° | 2° |
| Average low | -10° | -9° | -3° | 4° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 10° | 3° | -3° | -8° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 17 mm | 20 mm | 32 mm | 35 mm | 41 mm | 43 mm | 19 mm | 16 mm | 26 mm | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5 | 7.2 | 7 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 37% | 39% | 38% | 41% | 38% | 29% | 22% | 22% | 28% | 33% | 34% |
| Daylight | 9h 14 | 10h 28 | 11h 52 | 13h 26 | 14h 45 | 15h 29 | 15h 12 | 14h 04 | 12h 34 | 11h 04 | 9h 39 | 8h 54 |
| Month score | 46 | 44 | 42 | 79 | 79 | 68 | 67 | 76 | 92 | 75 | 42 | 44 |
ivMonth by month
Khorgos in every month
January46
0° / -10°
15 mm · 4.3 wet days
February44
3° / -9°
17 mm · 4.8 wet days
March42
9° / -3°
20 mm · 5 wet days
April79
18° / 4°
32 mm · 7.2 wet days
May79
23° / 10°
35 mm · 7 wet days
June68
27° / 14°
41 mm · 8.6 wet days
July67
29° / 16°
43 mm · 7.3 wet days
August76
28° / 15°
19 mm · 4.5 wet days
September92
23° / 10°
16 mm · 3.4 wet days
October75
16° / 3°
26 mm · 5.1 wet days
November42
8° / -3°
26 mm · 6.1 wet days
December44
2° / -8°
18 mm · 5.4 wet days