Burqin weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Burqin is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and July close behind. Burqin averages about 3,021 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,021
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 251 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 20k
- Elevation
- 1,191 m

When is the best time to visit Burqin?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Burqin is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Burqin?
Burqin is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,021 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate June (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. The year's 251 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -20° / -4°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 12 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -9° / 16°F | 17 mm | 3 |
| April | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 21 mm | 5 |
| May | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 22 mm | 6 |
| June | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 24 mm | 7 |
| July | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 28 mm | 7 |
| August | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 22 mm | 6 |
| September | 78 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 24 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 27 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 18 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Altay China · 97 km · best in May · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Tacheng China · 324 km · best in Aug · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Karamay China · 344 km · best in Apr · 2,772 h sun/yr
- Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) Kazakhstan · 384 km · best in Aug · 2,437 h sun/yr
- Shihezi China · 451 km · best in Apr · 2,735 h sun/yr
- Ürümqi China · 481 km · best in Sep · 2,825 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zaysan Kazakhstan · 177 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ölgii Mongolia · 232 km · 2,956 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Fuyun China · 246 km · 2,940 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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