Bayannur weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Bayannur is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with June and September close behind. Bayannur averages about 3,209 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,209
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 172 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈10 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 1.8M
- Elevation
- 1,033 m

When is the best time to visit Bayannur?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bayannur is May, then June and September. 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 Bayannur?
Bayannur is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,209 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate May (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 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 60% of the annual 172 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -16° / 3°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -12° / 10°F | 2 mm | 3 |
| March | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -5° / 23°F | 3 mm | 4 |
| April | 89 | 19° / 66°F | 2° / 36°F | 5 mm | 6 |
| May | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 9° / 48°F | 16 mm | 7 |
| June | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| July | 74 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 33 mm | 8 |
| August | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 40 mm | 7 |
| September | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| October | 65 | 16° / 61°F | 1° / 34°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -6° / 21°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -14° / 7°F | 2 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Wuhai China · 149 km · best in May · 3,229 h sun/yr
- Baotou China · 194 km · best in May · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Ordos China · 240 km · best in May · 3,002 h sun/yr
- Yinchuan China · 312 km · best in Apr · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Yulin China · 326 km · best in May · 2,926 h sun/yr
- Hohhot China · 343 km · best in May · 3,039 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bayanhot China · 304 km · 3,146 h sun/yr · best in May
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