Karamay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Karamay is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with September and May close behind. Karamay averages about 2,772 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 14 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,772
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 156 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈27 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 261k
- Elevation
- 274 m
When is the best time to visit Karamay?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Karamay is April, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 6 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Karamay?
Karamay gets a lot of sun: around 2,772 hours a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate April (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #62 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 45% of the annual 156 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 6 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 6 mm | 2 |
| March | 24 | 11° / 52°F | -2° / 28°F | 6 mm | 3 |
| April | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 14 mm | 4 |
| May | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 16 mm | 6 |
| June | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 23 mm | 6 |
| July | 54 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 29 mm | 7 |
| August | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 18 mm | 6 |
| September | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 12 mm | 4 |
| October | 70 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 10 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 8 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 8 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Shihezi China · 155 km · best in Apr · 2,735 h sun/yr
- Tacheng China · 183 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Bole China · 217 km · best in Sep · 2,761 h sun/yr
- Ürümqi China · 264 km · best in Sep · 2,825 h sun/yr
- Ili (Yining / Ghulja) China · 332 km · best in Sep · 2,819 h sun/yr
- Altay China · 349 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zaysan Kazakhstan · 225 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Xinyuan China · 258 km · 2,672 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Karamay compares month by month: Karamay vs Shihezi · Karamay vs Bole · Karamay vs Altay · Karamay vs Tacheng · all comparisons
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