Is it cold in Yili in winter?

Cold.

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, an autonomous prefecture (sub-provincial level) under the jurisdiction of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the Ili River Valley in the north of the Tianshan Mountains in the west of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It has a temperate continental climate and an alpine climate. The Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture has winter and summer The temperature difference is very huge. The annual average temperature is about 8 degrees. January is the coldest. The lowest extreme temperature in Ili can reach about minus 40 degrees.