Geography
Hotan has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with barely any rainfall year-round and great seasonal variation in temperature. Monthly daily mean temperatures range from −4.4 °C (24.1 °F) in January to 25.6 °C (78.1 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F).
| Climate data for Hotan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9 (16) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.063) |
2.0 (0.079) |
1.3 (0.051) |
1.5 (0.059) |
6.6 (0.26) |
8.2 (0.323) |
5.7 (0.224) |
4.9 (0.193) |
1.8 (0.071) |
1.3 (0.051) |
.1 (0.004) |
1.5 (0.059) |
36.5 (1.437) |
| % humidity | 54 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 55 | 42.7 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 1.7 | .7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | .8 | .3 | .3 | 1.2 | 17.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.8 | 163.9 | 185.8 | 208.3 | 234.5 | 253.2 | 242.5 | 231.2 | 240.0 | 260.5 | 221.1 | 178.2 | 2,587.0 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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