Bangda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Bangda is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with June and August close behind. Bangda averages about 3,361 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 113 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,361
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 508 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 86k
- Elevation
- 4,337 m
When is the best time to visit Bangda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bangda is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bangda?
Bangda is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,361 hours of sunshine a year. 65 Sunshine Score points separate July (65) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 57% of the annual 508 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -15° / 5°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -8° / 18°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 26 mm | 10 |
| May | 30 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 49 mm | 11 |
| June | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 2° / 36°F | 82 mm | 11 |
| July | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 113 mm | 11 |
| August | 62 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 93 mm | 11 |
| September | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 81 mm | 10 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 36 mm | 8 |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -9° / 16°F | 6 mm | 6 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -14° / 7°F | 2 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lijiang China · 529 km · best in Apr · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Xichang China · 569 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Lhasa China · 613 km · best in May · 3,630 h sun/yr
- Dali (Xiaguan) China · 630 km · best in Mar · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Baoshan (Tengchong) China · 639 km · best in Mar · 2,177 h sun/yr
- Baoshan (Longyang) China · 644 km · best in Feb · 2,231 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yushu (Batang) China · 254 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Garzê (Garzê) China · 268 km · 3,358 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nyingchi (Mainling) China · 301 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Daocheng China · 316 km · 2,852 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Putao Myanmar (Burma) · 360 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Dec
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