Daocheng weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · highland town · subpolar / tundra climate
The best time to visit Daocheng is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 50/100), with July close behind. Daocheng averages about 2,852 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 112 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,852
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 50/100
- Rain / year
- 653 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 31k
- Elevation
- 4,410 m
When is the best time to visit Daocheng?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Daocheng is June, then July. 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 Daocheng?
Daocheng gets a lot of sun: around 2,852 hours a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate June (50) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #56 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 653 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -16° / 3°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -13° / 9°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -9° / 16°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -6° / 21°F | 27 mm | 10 |
| May | 36 | 13° / 55°F | -3° / 27°F | 48 mm | 10 |
| June | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 112 mm | 11 |
| July | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 171 mm | 10 |
| August | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 138 mm | 9 |
| September | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 100 mm | 9 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -5° / 23°F | 29 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
- Xichang China · 254 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Lijiang China · 294 km · best in Apr · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) China · 399 km · best in Oct · 891 h sun/yr
- Dali (Xiaguan) China · 409 km · best in Mar · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Yibin (Cuiping) China · 437 km · best in Mar · 795 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Jianyang) China · 437 km · best in Mar · 933 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Diqing (Shangri-La) China · 173 km · 2,155 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kangding China · 186 km · 2,719 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Ninglang China · 209 km · 2,481 h sun/yr · best in May
- Garzê (Garzê) China · 276 km · 3,358 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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