Kashgar weather in January

In January, Kashgar sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 5 mm of precipitation across 1.2 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kashgar's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kashgar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
1st coldest
Precipitation
5 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
8:20 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
48%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kashgar is city in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 90.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
505/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kashgar reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 5°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-9
20-9
30-9
40-9
5-1-9
6-1-10
7-1-10
8-1-10
9-1-10
10-1-10
11-1-10
12-1-10
13-1-10
14-1-10
15-1-10
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18-1-10
19-1-10
20-1-10
21-1-10
220-10
230-10
240-10
250-9
260-9
270-9
280-9
291-9
301-9
311-8

How January really feels in Kashgar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
9 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kashgar weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -10°51.21.69.50.0
Feb / -5°102.32.110.40.4
Mar13° / 133111.74.5
Apr22° / 10°102.50.1137.8
May27° / 14°223.9014.17.3
Jun31° / 18°173.9014.75.3
Jul32° / 20°163.7014.54.8
Aug30° / 18°264.6013.56.0
Sep26° / 14°244.5012.38.0
Oct19° / 122.30117.5
Nov10° / -1°81.90.89.82.9
Dec / -7°51.21.59.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
46436
56337
66238
76238
86139
96040
106040
116040
125941
135941
145941
155842
165842
175842
185842
195743
205842
215842
225743
235743
245743
255743
265644
275743
285644
295644
305545
315446

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Kashgar gets around 5 mm of rain and snow over 1.2 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 4% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
134
234
334
434
535
635
745
845
945
1046
1146
1246
1346
1446
1546
1646
1746
1846
1945
2045
2145
2245
2345
2445
2545
2645
2745
2845
2945
3045
3145

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
215calm
225calm
235calm
245calm
255calm
265calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.38:215:37
29.38:225:38
39.38:225:39
49.38:225:39
59.38:225:40
69.38:225:41
79.38:225:42
89.38:225:43
99.48:225:44
109.48:225:45
119.48:215:45
129.48:215:46
139.48:215:47
149.58:215:48
159.58:215:49
169.58:205:50
179.58:205:51
189.58:205:53
199.68:195:54
209.68:195:55
219.68:185:56
229.78:185:57
239.78:175:58
249.78:175:59
259.78:166:00
269.88:156:01
279.88:156:02
289.88:146:04
299.98:136:05
309.98:136:06
319.98:126:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.5Moderate
22.5Moderate
32.6Moderate
42.6Moderate
52.6Moderate
62.6Moderate
72.6Moderate
82.6Moderate
92.7Moderate
102.7Moderate
112.7Moderate
122.7Moderate
132.7Moderate
142.8Moderate
152.8Moderate
162.8Moderate
172.8Moderate
182.8Moderate
192.9Moderate
202.9Moderate
212.9Moderate
223.0Moderate
233.0Moderate
243.0Moderate
253.0Moderate
263.1Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.2Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kashgar

In seasonPeak

None of Kashgar's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kashgar sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kashgar?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kashgar.

What to pack for Kashgar in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Kashgar sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kashgar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kashgar peaks around June 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Kashgar in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kashgar is worst in April — around 171 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 45 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kashgar's WHO annual average of 90.2 µg/m³.

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorApr 15167 µg/m³Dec 1745 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar148Unhealthy
Apr171Very unhealthy
May137Unhealthy
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul79Unhealthy
Aug95Unhealthy
Sep77Unhealthy
Oct95Unhealthy
Nov49Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kashgar?

Kashgar sits at 39.5°N, 76.0°E, 1,284 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Naryn, 218 km away.

XonobodOshQorasuvKara Suu

Topography around Kashgar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kashgar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kashgar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 1,294 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 619 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,064 m.

The land around Kashgar is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (62%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
619 m
80 km
3,064 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Naryn 218 km · Kara-Kulja 241 km · Uzgen 270 km · Sultonobod 294 km · Xonobod 296 km · Osh 296 km · Qorasuv 299 km · Kara Suu 299 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,862
2025
Happiness
6.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.5
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
17.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 464
Religion
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kashgar (39.4672°, 75.9868°, elevation 1,284 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).