Golmud weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · regional city · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Golmud is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with August and June close behind. Golmud averages about 3,381 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,381
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 70 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 215k
- Elevation
- 2,843 m
When is the best time to visit Golmud?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Golmud is September, then August 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 Golmud?
Golmud is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,381 hours of sunshine a year. 98 Sunshine Score points separate September (98) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is a non-event in Golmud — about 70 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -13° / 9°F | 1 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -8° / 18°F | 1 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| April | 58 | 15° / 59°F | 0° / 32°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| May | 90 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| June | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 15 mm | 9 |
| July | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 16 mm | 10 |
| August | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| September | 98 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 8 mm | 8 |
| October | 41 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -6° / 21°F | 2 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -11° / 12°F | 1 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dunhuang China · 418 km · best in Apr · 3,390 h sun/yr
- Jiayuguan China · 494 km · best in May · 2,993 h sun/yr
- Xining China · 649 km · best in May · 2,548 h sun/yr
- Hami China · 723 km · best in Apr · 3,311 h sun/yr
- Lanzhou (Yongdeng) China · 790 km · best in May · 2,679 h sun/yr
- Lhasa China · 869 km · best in May · 3,630 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Delingha China · 235 km · 3,163 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Huatugou China · 403 km · 3,381 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yushu (Batang) China · 447 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Golog (Maqên) China · 546 km · 2,869 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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