Urumqi weather in June

In June, Urumqi sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 40 mm of rain across 7 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of June to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Urumqi's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urumqi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 40 mm; 7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 18 min; 4:32 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Urumqi is capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 65.7 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 220/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical June day in Urumqi reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 5°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

How June really feels in Urumqi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Urumqi weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -16°	7	2.3	2.8	9.1	0.0
Feb	-3° / -12°	12	3	3.7	10.2	0.0
Mar	6° / -4°	25	5.4	4.1	11.6	0.9
Apr	15° / 4°	49	7.7	2.4	13.2	5.1
May	21° / 10°	54	7.9	0.6	14.5	6.8
Jun	26° / 16°	40	7	0	15.2	7.1
Jul	27° / 18°	43	6.5	0	14.9	6.9
Aug	26° / 16°	42	6.6	0	13.8	7.3
Sep	21° / 10°	35	5.7	0.2	12.3	7.4
Oct	13° / 3°	34	5.9	2.6	10.8	4.4
Nov	4° / -6°	24	5.3	4.9	9.5	0.4
Dec	-5° / -13°	13	3.2	3.7	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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
Clearer (%)	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	41	42	43	43	43	43	44	45	44	45	45	45	45
Cloudier (%)	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	59	58	57	57	57	57	56	55	56	55	55	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Urumqi gets around 40 mm of rain over 7 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 23% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20

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

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 99% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

Wind in June

Winds average 10 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of June to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 4:37 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 7:50 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
Daylight (h)	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:37	4:36	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:32	4:32	4:32	4:32	4:32	4:32	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:33	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:35
Sunset (PM)	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.0	4:37	7:38
2	15.0	4:36	7:38
3	15.1	4:36	7:39
4	15.1	4:35	7:40
5	15.1	4:35	7:41
6	15.1	4:34	7:42
7	15.1	4:34	7:42
8	15.2	4:34	7:43
9	15.2	4:33	7:44
10	15.2	4:33	7:44
11	15.2	4:33	7:45
12	15.2	4:33	7:45
13	15.2	4:33	7:46
14	15.2	4:32	7:46
15	15.2	4:32	7:47
16	15.3	4:32	7:47
17	15.3	4:32	7:48
18	15.3	4:32	7:48
19	15.3	4:32	7:49
20	15.3	4:33	7:49
21	15.3	4:33	7:49
22	15.3	4:33	7:49
23	15.3	4:33	7:50
24	15.3	4:33	7:50
25	15.3	4:34	7:50
26	15.3	4:34	7:50
27	15.3	4:34	7:50
28	15.3	4:35	7:50
29	15.3	4:35	7:50
30	15.2	4:35	7:50

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 6.56 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 6.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.6	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Urumqi?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Urumqi for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Urumqi in June

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

In June, Urumqi sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Urumqi in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Urumqi peaks around July 19 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	3	3	5	7	7	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	7	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 Urumqi in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Urumqi is worst in March — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Urumqi's WHO annual average of 65.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	77	73	77	73	77	61	53	60	54	55	59	69
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	77	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	77	Unhealthy
Apr	73	Unhealthy
May	77	Unhealthy
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	60	Unhealthy
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	69	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Urumqi?

Urumqi sits at 43.8°N, 87.6°E, 862 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Turpan, 159 km away.

Topography around Urumqi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urumqi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m around an average of 881 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,040 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,842 m.

The land around Urumqi is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (32%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and bare terrain (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

253 m

artificial surfaces 79%

16 km

1,040 m

grassland 36%

80 km

4,842 m

grassland 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← May Urumqi year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Turpan 159 km · Zaysan 459 km · Maqanshy 548 km · Khovd 562 km · Ölgii 602 km · Zharkent 609 km · Sarqant 634 km · Altay 707 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 Urumqi (43.801°, 87.6005°, elevation 862 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	24	13
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	25	15
8	25	15
9	25	15
10	25	15
11	25	15
12	25	15
13	25	15
14	25	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	43	57
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4