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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Kashgar China

In Kashgar, the summers are long, warm, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are short, freezing, snowy, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 15°F to 89°F and is rarely below 7°F or above 96°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best time of year to visit Kashgar for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid August.

Climate in Kashgar

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Kashgar weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 4.5 months, from May 6 to September 21, with an average daily high temperature above 78°F. The hottest month of the year in Kashgar is July, with an average high of 89°F and low of 69°F.

The cold season lasts for 2.7 months, from November 27 to February 19, with an average daily high temperature below 43°F. The coldest month of the year in Kashgar is January, with an average low of 16°F and high of 33°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Kashgar

Average High and Low Temperature in KashgarhotcoldcoldJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 1332°FJan 1332°FJul 2289°FJul 2289°F15°F15°F69°F69°FMay 678°FMay 678°FSep 2178°FSep 2178°FNov 2743°FNov 2743°FFeb 1943°FFeb 1943°F57°F57°F55°F55°F27°F27°F26°F26°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 33°F42°F57°F71°F79°F86°F89°F86°F79°F67°F50°F36°F
Temp. 23°F33°F48°F62°F70°F77°F80°F78°F69°F56°F41°F27°F
Low 16°F25°F39°F51°F59°F65°F69°F66°F57°F44°F31°F20°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Kashgar

Average Hourly Temperature in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowfreezingfreezingcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarmhotvery coldvery coldfreezing
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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In Kashgar, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Kashgar begins around June 10 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around October 21.

The clearest month of the year in Kashgar is August, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 89% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 21 and lasts for 7.7 months, ending around June 10.

The cloudiest month of the year in Kashgar is March, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 61% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Kashgar

Cloud Cover Categories in KashgarclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Aug 890%Aug 890%Mar 2538%Mar 2538%Jun 1063%Jun 1063%Oct 2165%Oct 2165%NowNowclearovercastmostly clearmostly cloudypartly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 53%57%61%56%49%32%14%11%15%32%42%47%
Clearer 47%43%39%44%51%68%86%89%85%68%58%53%

Kashgar does not experience significant seasonal variation in the frequency of wet days (i.e., those with greater than 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation). The frequency ranges from 0% to 7%, with an average value of 3%.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation in Kashgar changes throughout the year.

Rain alone is the most common for 8.7 months, from February 26 to November 17. The month with the most days of rain alone in Kashgar is August, with an average of 2.0 days.

Snow alone is the most common for 2.7 months, from December 6 to February 26. The month with the most days of snow alone in Kashgar is February, with an average of 0.4 days.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Kashgar

Daily Chance of Precipitation in KashgarsnowrainsnowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Aug 237%Aug 237%Dec 230%Dec 230%Feb 262%Feb 262%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 0.0d0.1d0.8d0.9d1.5d1.7d1.9d2.0d1.3d0.4d0.1d0.0d
Snow 0.2d0.4d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.1d
Any 0.2d0.6d1.0d0.9d1.5d1.7d1.9d2.0d1.3d0.4d0.2d0.1d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Kashgar experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Kashgar. The month with the most rain in Kashgar is August, with an average rainfall of 0.4 inches.

The month with the least rain in Kashgar is January, with an average rainfall of 0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Kashgar

Average Monthly Rainfall in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0.0 in0.0 in0.2 in0.2 in0.4 in0.4 in0.6 in0.6 in0.8 in0.8 in1.0 in1.0 in1.2 in1.2 inAug 270.4 inAug 270.4 inJan 110.0 inJan 110.0 inMay 280.3 inMay 280.3 inJul 50.3 inJul 50.3 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 0.0″0.0″0.1″0.2″0.3″0.3″0.3″0.4″0.3″0.1″0.0″0.0″

The length of the day in Kashgar varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 9 hours, 23 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 14 hours, 58 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Kashgar

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2014 hr, 58 minJun 2114 hr, 58 minJun 2112 hr, 9 minSep 2212 hr, 9 minSep 229 hr, 23 minDec 219 hr, 23 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 9.7h10.7h12.0h13.3h14.4h14.9h14.6h13.7h12.4h11.1h10.0h9.4h

The earliest sunrise is at 7:28 AM on June 14, and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 48 minutes later at 10:16 AM on January 5. The earliest sunset is at 7:32 PM on December 6, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 55 minutes later at 10:27 PM on June 27.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Kashgar during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Kashgar

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AMJun 147:28 AMJun 147:28 AM10:27 PMJun 2710:27 PMJun 27Dec 67:32 PMDec 67:32 PM10:16 AMJan 510:16 AMJan 5daynightnightnightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Kashgar

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000010101010202020203030303040404050506060700000101010102020202030303040405050602774NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Kashgar

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level in Kashgar, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Kashgar

Humidity Comfort Levels in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 280%Jan 280%Jul 290%Jul 290%NowNowdrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Kashgar experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 7.4 months, from March 1 to October 14, with average wind speeds of more than 5.7 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Kashgar is May, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.6 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 4.6 months, from October 14 to March 1. The calmest month of the year in Kashgar is December, with an average hourly wind speed of 3.7 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Kashgar

Average Wind Speed in KashgarwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mphMay 67.7 mphMay 67.7 mphDec 253.6 mphDec 253.6 mphMar 15.7 mphMar 15.7 mphOct 145.7 mphOct 145.7 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 4.05.06.27.37.67.26.76.36.15.64.53.7

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Kashgar varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 4.3 months, from March 23 to July 31 and for 2.0 months, from August 29 to October 28, with a peak percentage of 45% on September 26. The wind is most often from the east for 4.1 weeks, from July 31 to August 29 and for 4.8 months, from October 28 to March 23, with a peak percentage of 40% on August 20.

Wind Direction in Kashgar

Wind Direction in KashgarENENEJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNoweastnorthsouthwest
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Kashgar throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kashgar for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

Tourism Score in Kashgar

Tourism Score in Kashgarbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.48.40.00.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kashgar for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

Beach/Pool Score in Kashgar

Beach/Pool Score in Kashgarbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.48.40.00.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Kashgar typically lasts for 7.9 months (241 days), from around March 10 to around November 6, rarely starting before February 20 or after March 28, and rarely ending before October 17 or after November 26.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Kashgar

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Kashgargrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%50%Mar 1050%Mar 1050%Nov 650%Nov 690%Mar 2890%Mar 2890%Oct 1790%Oct 1710%Feb 2010%Feb 2010%Nov 2610%Nov 260%Jan 150%Jan 15Jul 12100%Jul 12100%NowNowfreezingcoolcomfortablewarmhotcoldvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms in Kashgar should appear around March 27, only rarely appearing before March 20 or after April 7.

Growing Degree Days in Kashgar

Growing Degree Days in KashgarJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°FMar 2789°FMar 2789°FMay 21900°FMay 21900°FJun 271,800°FJun 271,800°FDec 314,450°FDec 314,450°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.1 months, from May 16 to August 19, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.8 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Kashgar is July, with an average of 7.7 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.4 months, from November 2 to February 12, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 3.5 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Kashgar is December, with an average of 2.4 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Kashgar

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in KashgarbrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhJul 57.9 kWhJul 57.9 kWhDec 172.4 kWhDec 172.4 kWhMay 166.8 kWhMay 166.8 kWhAug 196.8 kWhAug 196.8 kWhNov 23.5 kWhNov 23.5 kWhFeb 123.5 kWhFeb 123.5 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 2.73.64.75.96.87.67.76.95.74.23.02.4

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kashgar are 39.471 deg latitude, 75.990 deg longitude, and 4,255 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kashgar contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 177 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,245 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,037 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (10,105 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kashgar is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and cropland (40%), within 10 miles by cropland (62%) and bare soil (24%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (44%) and grassland (34%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Kashgar, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Kashgar Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Kashgar.

At a distance of 8 kilometers from Kashgar, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Kashgar according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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