Golog (Maqên) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Golog (Maqên) is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with August close behind. Golog (Maqên) averages about 2,869 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 116 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,869
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 581 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 60k
- Elevation
- 3,776 m
When is the best time to visit Golog (Maqên)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Golog (Maqên) is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Golog (Maqên)?
Golog (Maqên) gets a lot of sun: around 2,869 hours a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate July (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #53 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 57% of the annual 581 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -17° / 1°F | 5 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -14° / 7°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -10° / 14°F | 14 mm | 7 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -5° / 23°F | 28 mm | 8 |
| May | 35 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 70 mm | 9 |
| June | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 110 mm | 9 |
| July | 68 | 19° / 66°F | 4° / 39°F | 116 mm | 9 |
| August | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 104 mm | 9 |
| September | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 86 mm | 8 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 32 mm | 6 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -11° / 12°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -16° / 3°F | 2 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Xining China · 283 km · best in May · 2,548 h sun/yr
- Lanzhou (Yongdeng) China · 380 km · best in May · 2,679 h sun/yr
- Longnan (Cheng) China · 510 km · best in Apr · 1,455 h sun/yr
- Mianyang (Fucheng) China · 531 km · best in Apr · 850 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) China · 549 km · best in Oct · 891 h sun/yr
- Guangyuan (Lizhou) China · 549 km · best in Apr · 1,210 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gannan (Xiahe) China · 217 km · 2,557 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Garzê (Garzê) China · 304 km · 3,358 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Yushu (Batang) China · 350 km · 3,261 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ngawa (Songpan) China · 358 km · 2,324 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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