Xinjiang Weather & Climate

Xinjiang is far away from the ocean with the mountains all around that forms the temperate continental climate. The sunshine time is as long as 2，500-3，500hours a year. Low precipitation and dry is another characteristic. The annual precipitation is about 150 millimeters on average, but the regional precipitation has big differences from place to place. Generally speaking, the south is warmer than the north in winter and hotter than the north in summer. Most of the areas feature a big temperature difference of days and nights in spring and summer and the alternation of fall and winter. In the coldest month January, the average temperature in the Dzungarian Basin is 20 Degrees Celsius below freezing point. The Fuyun County on the northern edge of the Basin made a national record and had the lowest temperature once amounted to 50.15 Degrees Celsius below freezing point, claimed one of the coldest areas in the nation. The hottest month July, Turpan known as “the Fire Continent”, the average temperature is above 33 Degrees Celsius. The highest temperature once reached to 49.6 Degrees Celsius that comes first of the nation.

Northern Xinjiang: bazar