Turpan weather in January

In January, Turpan sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -9°C, with 1 mm of precipitation across 0.3 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Turpan's 4th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turpan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: -2°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -9°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 7:38 AM – 4:47 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 62.5 µg/m³ · 2018

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

← December Turpan year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -1°C by the end.

A typical January day in Turpan reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -9°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 6°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0
Avg low (°C)	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-9
2	-2	-9
3	-2	-9
4	-2	-10
5	-3	-10
6	-3	-10
7	-3	-10
8	-3	-10
9	-2	-10
10	-2	-10
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-2	-10
15	-2	-10
16	-2	-10
17	-2	-10
18	-2	-10
19	-2	-10
20	-2	-10
21	-2	-10
22	-2	-9
23	-2	-9
24	-2	-9
25	-1	-9
26	-1	-9
27	-1	-9
28	-1	-9
29	-1	-9
30	0	-8
31	0	-8

How January really feels in Turpan

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Turpan 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -9°	1	0.3	0.4	9.2	0.0
Feb	4° / -5°	2	0.6	0.7	10.2	0.3
Mar	13° / 3°	2	0.7	0.3	11.6	4.6
Apr	23° / 12°	4	1.3	0.1	13.1	8.2
May	29° / 18°	7	1.6	0	14.4	6.7
Jun	34° / 23°	9	2.2	0	15.1	3.8
Jul	35° / 26°	10	1.9	0	14.8	2.8
Aug	34° / 24°	7	1.2	0	13.8	3.8
Sep	28° / 18°	4	0.8	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	19° / 9°	5	1.3	0.1	10.8	7.5
Nov	8° / 0°	2	0.6	0.4	9.5	1.8
Dec	-1° / -7°	1	0.2	0.4	8.9	0.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 23%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	74
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Turpan gets around 1 mm of rain and snow over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min at the start of January to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 5:06 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27
Sunset (PM)	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.9	7:40	4:33
2	8.9	7:40	4:34
3	8.9	7:40	4:35
4	8.9	7:40	4:35
5	8.9	7:40	4:36
6	9.0	7:40	4:37
7	9.0	7:40	4:38
8	9.0	7:40	4:39
9	9.0	7:40	4:40
10	9.0	7:40	4:41
11	9.0	7:39	4:42
12	9.1	7:39	4:43
13	9.1	7:39	4:44
14	9.1	7:38	4:45
15	9.1	7:38	4:46
16	9.2	7:38	4:47
17	9.2	7:37	4:49
18	9.2	7:37	4:50
19	9.2	7:36	4:51
20	9.3	7:36	4:52
21	9.3	7:35	4:53
22	9.3	7:35	4:54
23	9.4	7:34	4:56
24	9.4	7:33	4:57
25	9.4	7:32	4:58
26	9.5	7:32	4:59
27	9.5	7:31	5:01
28	9.5	7:30	5:02
29	9.6	7:29	5:03
30	9.6	7:28	5:04
31	9.6	7:27	5:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 2.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.6	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Turpan

In seasonPeak

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

Turpan sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Turpan?

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 Turpan.

What to pack for Turpan in January

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

In January, Turpan sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -9°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Turpan in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Turpan peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	5	8	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Turpan 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 Turpan is worst in May — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 31 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Turpan's WHO annual average of 62.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	60	84	88	104	71	59	72	49	49	40	31
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	60	Unhealthy
Mar	84	Unhealthy
Apr	88	Unhealthy
May	104	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Turpan?

Turpan sits at 42.9°N, 89.2°E, 41 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Urumqi, 159 km away.

Topography around Turpan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turpan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,479 m.

The land around Turpan is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

cropland 41%

16 km

636 m

bare terrain 66%

80 km

4,479 m

bare terrain 77%

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← December Turpan year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Urumqi 159 km · Dunhuang 552 km · Khovd 594 km · Zaysan 605 km · Ölgii 672 km · Altai 677 km · Maqanshy 707 km · Zharkent 751 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

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 Turpan (42.9477°, 89.1789°, elevation 41 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-9
2	-2	-9
3	-2	-9
4	-2	-10
5	-3	-10
6	-3	-10
7	-3	-10
8	-3	-10
9	-2	-10
10	-2	-10
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-2	-10
15	-2	-10
16	-2	-10
17	-2	-10
18	-2	-10
19	-2	-10
20	-2	-10
21	-2	-10
22	-2	-9
23	-2	-9
24	-2	-9
25	-1	-9
26	-1	-9
27	-1	-9
28	-1	-9
29	-1	-9
30	0	-8
31	0	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-9
2	-2	-9
3	-2	-9
4	-2	-10
5	-3	-10
6	-3	-10
7	-3	-10
8	-3	-10
9	-2	-10
10	-2	-10
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-2	-10
15	-2	-10
16	-2	-10
17	-2	-10
18	-2	-10
19	-2	-10
20	-2	-10
21	-2	-10
22	-2	-9
23	-2	-9
24	-2	-9
25	-1	-9
26	-1	-9
27	-1	-9
28	-1	-9
29	-1	-9
30	0	-8
31	0	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-9
2	-2	-9
3	-2	-9
4	-2	-10
5	-3	-10
6	-3	-10
7	-3	-10
8	-3	-10
9	-2	-10
10	-2	-10
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-2	-10
15	-2	-10
16	-2	-10
17	-2	-10
18	-2	-10
19	-2	-10
20	-2	-10
21	-2	-10
22	-2	-9
23	-2	-9
24	-2	-9
25	-1	-9
26	-1	-9
27	-1	-9
28	-1	-9
29	-1	-9
30	0	-8
31	0	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100