Haibei (Qilian) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Haibei (Qilian) is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and June close behind. Haibei (Qilian) averages about 2,890 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 91 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,890
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 390 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 70k
- Elevation
- 3,149 m
When is the best time to visit Haibei (Qilian)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Haibei (Qilian) is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Haibei (Qilian)?
Haibei (Qilian) gets a lot of sun: around 2,890 hours a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #51 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 390 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -18° / 0°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -16° / 3°F | 2 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -11° / 12°F | 5 mm | 5 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -5° / 23°F | 14 mm | 7 |
| May | 37 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 41 mm | 8 |
| June | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 65 mm | 9 |
| July | 73 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 91 mm | 9 |
| August | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 90 mm | 8 |
| September | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 61 mm | 7 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -5° / 23°F | 14 mm | 5 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -11° / 12°F | 3 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -17° / 1°F | 2 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Xining China · 206 km · best in May · 2,548 h sun/yr
- Jiayuguan China · 287 km · best in May · 2,993 h sun/yr
- Lanzhou (Yongdeng) China · 311 km · best in May · 2,679 h sun/yr
- Zhongwei (Shapotou) China · 399 km · best in Apr · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Yinchuan China · 504 km · best in Apr · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Dunhuang China · 557 km · best in Apr · 3,390 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zhangye (Ganzhou) China · 88 km · 2,889 h sun/yr · best in May
- Badanjilin China · 156 km · 3,278 h sun/yr · best in May
- Jinchang China · 160 km · 3,117 h sun/yr · best in May
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