What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Urumqi and Santa Cruz de la Sierra?

Urumqi experiences significantly more sunshine hours throughout the year compared to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with summer months like July showing as much as 11.6 hours of sunshine, while Santa Cruz peaks at only 8.8 hours in August. In contrast, Santa Cruz de la Sierra has much higher precipitation levels, with January seeing a substantial 5.45mm, in stark contrast to Urumqi's much lower values, often below 1mm.

Urumqi and Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	-5.5°C	31.5°C
Feb	-2.3°C	31.3°C
Mar	6.8°C	30.5°C
Apr	16.7°C	29.0°C
May	22.9°C	26.2°C
Jun	28.2°C	25.8°C
Jul	31.0°C	26.8°C
Aug	29.2°C	29.7°C
Sep	22.9°C	33.8°C
Oct	14.2°C	33.6°C
Nov	4.1°C	33.1°C
Dec	-3.9°C	31.5°C
Average	30.2°C	13.7°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	-12.9°C	22.4°C
Feb	-10.1°C	22.0°C
Mar	-1.6°C	21.7°C
Apr	6.7°C	20.5°C
May	12.8°C	18.1°C
Jun	17.9°C	17.2°C
Jul	20.9°C	17.3°C
Aug	19.3°C	18.7°C
Sep	13.1°C	21.7°C
Oct	5.6°C	22.4°C
Nov	-2.9°C	22.4°C
Dec	-11.1°C	22.2°C
Average	20.5°C	4.8°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

Urumqi experiences significantly more sunshine hours throughout the year compared to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with summer months like July showing as much as 11.6 hours of sunshine, while Santa Cruz peaks at only 8.8 hours in August.
In contrast, Santa Cruz de la Sierra has much higher precipitation levels, with January seeing a substantial 5.45mm, in stark contrast to Urumqi's much lower values, often below 1mm.

Sunny Weather

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	5.7 hours/day	4.7 hours/day
Feb	5.4 hours/day	4.3 hours/day
Mar	7.6 hours/day	3.3 hours/day
Apr	9.1 hours/day	3.8 hours/day
May	10.3 hours/day	3.5 hours/day
Jun	10.7 hours/day	5.1 hours/day
Jul	11.6 hours/day	6.8 hours/day
Aug	10.2 hours/day	8.8 hours/day
Sep	9.9 hours/day	9.6 hours/day
Oct	8.4 hours/day	7.1 hours/day
Nov	6.4 hours/day	5.7 hours/day
Dec	5.6 hours/day	4.3 hours/day
Average	5.6 hours/day	8.4 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	0.3mm	5.5mm
Feb	0.4mm	4.7mm
Mar	1.1mm	4.1mm
Apr	0.8mm	2.4mm
May	0.8mm	2.2mm
Jun	0.7mm	1.2mm
Jul	0.6mm	0.9mm
Aug	0.6mm	1.6mm
Sep	0.7mm	1.0mm
Oct	0.6mm	2.8mm
Nov	1.0mm	3.7mm
Dec	0.6mm	5.4mm
Average	3.0mm	0.7mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	12.0km/h	19.9km/h
Feb	11.7km/h	18.2km/h
Mar	15.0km/h	18.0km/h
Apr	19.1km/h	18.0km/h
May	21.2km/h	20.0km/h
Jun	19.9km/h	22.8km/h
Jul	19.9km/h	23.2km/h
Aug	19.0km/h	23.6km/h
Sep	19.1km/h	24.1km/h
Oct	16.4km/h	22.1km/h
Nov	13.6km/h	19.5km/h
Dec	10.4km/h	19.2km/h
Average	20.7km/h	16.4km/h

Humidity

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	72.9%	69.9%
Feb	74.8%	69.3%
Mar	61.6%	71.1%
Apr	37.6%	69.5%
May	33.8%	68.1%
Jun	32.5%	62.0%
Jul	29.7%	50.6%
Aug	30.8%	41.3%
Sep	33.2%	38.1%
Oct	38.9%	49.8%
Nov	55.4%	56.0%
Dec	70.3%	67.9%
Average	59.5%	47.6%

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Astronomy

Sunrise Time

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	9:39	5:50
Feb	9:08	6:06
Mar	8:20	6:16
Apr	7:27	6:22
May	6:44	6:31
Jun	6:28	6:41
Jul	6:43	6:43
Aug	7:15	6:31
Sep	7:49	6:08
Oct	8:25	5:44
Nov	9:04	5:29
Dec	9:36	5:34
Average	6:12	8:06

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	18:59	18:53
Feb	19:39	18:46
Mar	20:17	18:26
Apr	20:53	18:03
May	21:29	17:48
Jun	21:53	17:46
Jul	21:48	17:54
Aug	21:12	18:02
Sep	20:19	18:08
Oct	19:26	18:14
Nov	18:45	18:26
Dec	18:34	18:44
Average	18:18	20:18

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Urumqi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Jan	9:20 hours	11:53 hours
Feb	10:31 hours	11:46 hours
Mar	11:56 hours	11:26 hours
Apr	13:26 hours	11:03 hours
May	14:29 hours	10:48 hours
Jun	14:53 hours	10:46 hours
Jul	14:48 hours	10:54 hours
Aug	13:57 hours	11:02 hours
Sep	12:30 hours	11:08 hours
Oct	11:01 hours	11:14 hours
Nov	9:41 hours	11:26 hours
Dec	8:58 hours	11:44 hours
Average	11:18 hours	12:06 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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