Garzê (Garzê) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Garzê (Garzê) is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 60/100), with June and July close behind. Garzê (Garzê) averages about 3,358 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 107 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,358
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 60/100
- Rain / year
- 646 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 73k
- Elevation
- 4,096 m
When is the best time to visit Garzê (Garzê)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Garzê (Garzê) is August, then June and July. 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 Garzê (Garzê)?
Garzê (Garzê) is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,358 hours of sunshine a year. 60 Sunshine Score points separate August (60) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 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 58% of the annual 646 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -13° / 9°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -11° / 12°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -7° / 19°F | 16 mm | 12 |
| April | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 31 mm | 13 |
| May | 44 | 14° / 57°F | -1° / 30°F | 63 mm | 12 |
| June | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 132 mm | 11 |
| July | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 134 mm | 11 |
| August | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 107 mm | 11 |
| September | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 105 mm | 10 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 40 mm | 9 |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -8° / 18°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -13° / 9°F | 2 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) China · 439 km · best in Oct · 891 h sun/yr
- Xichang China · 490 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Jianyang) China · 493 km · best in Mar · 933 h sun/yr
- Mianyang (Fucheng) China · 493 km · best in Apr · 850 h sun/yr
- Lijiang China · 569 km · best in Apr · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Yibin (Cuiping) China · 576 km · best in Mar · 795 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yushu (Batang) China · 265 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bangda China · 268 km · 3,361 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangding China · 275 km · 2,719 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Daocheng China · 276 km · 2,852 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Golog (Maqên) China · 304 km · 2,869 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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