Urumqi weather in October

In October, Urumqi sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 5.9 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Urumqi's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urumqi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 34 mm; 5.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:32 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; 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 October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical October day in Urumqi reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 8°C cooler than September and about 10°C warmer than November.

	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)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Avg low (°C)	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1

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

How October really feels in Urumqi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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

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

Urumqi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in October, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	69	70	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	72	72	71
Cloudier (%)	31	30	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Urumqi gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 5.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 3 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	31
Rain chance (%)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Snow chance (%)	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October 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 October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of October to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 4:55 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)	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:13	5:44
2	11.5	6:14	5:42
3	11.4	6:15	5:41
4	11.4	6:17	5:39
5	11.3	6:18	5:37
6	11.3	6:19	5:35
7	11.2	6:20	5:33
8	11.2	6:21	5:32
9	11.1	6:23	5:30
10	11.1	6:24	5:28
11	11.0	6:25	5:26
12	11.0	6:26	5:24
13	10.9	6:28	5:23
14	10.9	6:29	5:21
15	10.8	6:30	5:19
16	10.8	6:32	5:18
17	10.7	6:33	5:16
18	10.7	6:34	5:14
19	10.6	6:35	5:13
20	10.6	6:37	5:11
21	10.5	6:38	5:10
22	10.5	6:39	5:08
23	10.4	6:41	5:06
24	10.4	6:42	5:05
25	10.3	6:43	5:03
26	10.3	6:45	5:02
27	10.2	6:46	5:01
28	10.2	6:47	4:59
29	10.2	6:49	4:58
30	10.1	6:50	4:56
31	10.1	6:51	4:55

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 3.52 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 — October's 3.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.2	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Urumqi?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Urumqi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Urumqi in October

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

In October, Urumqi sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Urumqi in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 3 — 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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	72	28
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	72	28
31	71	29

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

	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