Urumqi weather in November

In November, Urumqi sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 5.3 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to -1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of November to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Urumqi's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urumqi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:12 AM – 4:37 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.4; 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 November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to -1°C by the end.

A typical November day in Urumqi reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 10°C cooler than October and about 8°C warmer than December.

	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)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1
Avg low (°C)	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-3	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-5	-5	-6	-6	-6	-7	-7	-7	-7	-8	-8	-8	-9	-9	-9	-9	-10	-10

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

How November really feels in Urumqi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

14 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Urumqi weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 9th-warmest and 9th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	71	71	70	70	70	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66
Cloudier (%)	29	29	30	30	30	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitationSnow

Urumqi gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 5.3 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring 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
Rain chance (%)	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Snow chance (%)	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14

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

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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
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

	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

Wind in November

Winds average 8 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of November to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 4:54 PM to 4:29 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)	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29
Sunset (PM)	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:32	4:31	4:31	4:30	4:30	4:29	4:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	6:53	4:54
2	10.0	6:54	4:52
3	9.9	6:55	4:51
4	9.9	6:57	4:50
5	9.8	6:58	4:49
6	9.8	6:59	4:48
7	9.8	7:01	4:46
8	9.7	7:02	4:45
9	9.7	7:03	4:44
10	9.6	7:05	4:43
11	9.6	7:06	4:42
12	9.6	7:07	4:41
13	9.5	7:08	4:40
14	9.5	7:10	4:39
15	9.5	7:11	4:38
16	9.4	7:12	4:37
17	9.4	7:14	4:37
18	9.3	7:15	4:36
19	9.3	7:16	4:35
20	9.3	7:17	4:34
21	9.2	7:19	4:34
22	9.2	7:20	4:33
23	9.2	7:21	4:32
24	9.2	7:22	4:32
25	9.1	7:23	4:31
26	9.1	7:25	4:31
27	9.1	7:26	4:30
28	9.0	7:27	4:30
29	9.0	7:28	4:29
30	9.0	7:29	4:29

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 2.43 kWh/m².

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 — November's 2.43 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1
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

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

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Urumqi?

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

0.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Urumqi.

What to pack for Urumqi in November

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

In November, Urumqi sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Urumqi in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 2. 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 November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November 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

← October Urumqi year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November 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	9	-1
2	9	-2
3	8	-2
4	8	-2
5	8	-2
6	7	-3
7	7	-3
8	6	-3
9	6	-4
10	6	-4
11	5	-4
12	5	-5
13	4	-5
14	4	-5
15	3	-6
16	3	-6
17	3	-6
18	2	-7
19	2	-7
20	2	-7
21	1	-7
22	1	-8
23	1	-8
24	0	-8
25	0	-9
26	0	-9
27	-1	-9
28	-1	-9
29	-1	-10
30	-1	-10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34

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

	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