Weather in Urumqi

The weather forecast of the week

• Saturday 26 May 2012 21°C | 30°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 14
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 55
    06:33:00
    21:39:00
  • Moon:
    11:08:00
    00:53:00
• Sunday 27 May 2012 15°C | 23°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 14
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 72
    06:32:00
    21:40:00
  • Moon:
    12:12:00
    01:26:00
• Monday 28 May 2012 14°C | 26°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 8
    Direction N
  • Sun:
    Indicator 97
    06:31:00
    21:41:00
  • Moon:
    13:19:00
    01:55:00
• Tuesday 29 May 2012 16°C | 30°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 9
    Direction NE
  • Sun:
    Indicator 83
    06:31:00
    21:42:00
  • Moon:
    14:26:00
    02:23:00
• Wednesday 30 May 2012 19°C | 30°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 8
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 65
    06:30:00
    21:43:00
  • Moon:
    15:37:00
    02:51:00
• Thursday 31 May 2012 21°C | 31°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 9
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 76
    06:30:00
    21:44:00
  • Moon:
    16:49:00
    03:21:00
• Pros
  • The Uyghurs, Tajiks, and Uzbeks are particularly welcoming and keep alive their religious, musical and gastronomic customs.
  • The eternal fascination of the Silk Road, dotted with gorgeous Buddhist sites, towns in ruins, and oases bordering the Taklamakan desert, against a backdrop of the Tian Shan or Kunlun mountains.
• Cons
  • It is difficult to get a place on the trains and planes, which are often full.
  • Crossing the whole of the Silk Road would take several weeks' patience and a good sense of organisation to make reservations a long time in advance.
  • Non-smokers will suffer from the incessant smoke in the buses and trains.
  • As everywhere in China, the language is an obstacle that is difficult to surmount. In this region, the different transcriptions of place names do not facilitate the task.