Delingha weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Delingha is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and June close behind. Delingha averages about 3,163 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 26 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,163
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 240 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈11 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 88k
- Elevation
- 2,860 m
When is the best time to visit Delingha?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Delingha is September, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Delingha?
Delingha is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,163 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate September (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #21 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 240 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -15° / 5°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -11° / 12°F | 5 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| April | 48 | 14° / 57°F | -1° / 30°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| May | 84 | 19° / 66°F | 4° / 39°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| June | 88 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 52 mm | 8 |
| July | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 58 mm | 9 |
| August | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 38 mm | 8 |
| September | 93 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 26 mm | 7 |
| October | 32 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -8° / 18°F | 4 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -14° / 7°F | 2 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jiayuguan China · 318 km · best in May · 2,993 h sun/yr
- Dunhuang China · 399 km · best in Apr · 3,390 h sun/yr
- Xining China · 430 km · best in May · 2,548 h sun/yr
- Lanzhou (Yongdeng) China · 569 km · best in May · 2,679 h sun/yr
- Zhongwei (Shapotou) China · 699 km · best in Apr · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Hami China · 706 km · best in Apr · 3,311 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Golmud China · 235 km · 3,381 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Haibei (Qilian) China · 313 km · 2,890 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Zhangye (Ganzhou) China · 352 km · 2,889 h sun/yr · best in May
- Golog (Maqên) China · 407 km · 2,869 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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