Erenhot weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · small town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Erenhot is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with September and June close behind. Erenhot averages about 3,359 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 15 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,359
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 149 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈19 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 1,006 m
When is the best time to visit Erenhot?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Erenhot is May, then September and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Erenhot?
Erenhot is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,359 hours of sunshine a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate May (96) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #9 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 149 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -20° / -4°F | 1 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -17° / 1°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -8° / 18°F | 3 mm | 4 |
| April | 57 | 15° / 59°F | -1° / 30°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| May | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 15 mm | 8 |
| June | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 27 mm | 8 |
| July | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 36 mm | 9 |
| August | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 29 mm | 9 |
| September | 96 | 22° / 72°F | 8° / 46°F | 17 mm | 7 |
| October | 33 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -18° / 0°F | 2 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hohhot China · 287 km · best in May · 3,039 h sun/yr
- Xilinhot China · 316 km · best in May · 3,139 h sun/yr
- Baotou China · 362 km · best in May · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Zhangjiakou China · 380 km · best in May · 2,829 h sun/yr
- Datong China · 391 km · best in May · 2,912 h sun/yr
- Ordos China · 475 km · best in May · 3,002 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ulanqab China · 268 km · 2,946 h sun/yr · best in May
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