Handan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Handan is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with October and May close behind. Handan averages about 1,981 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,981
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 570 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈17 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.6M
- Elevation
- 69 m
When is the best time to visit Handan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Handan is April, then October and May. 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 Handan?
Handan gets a moderate 1,981 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate April (85) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #139 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 570 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 5 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 10 mm | 2 |
| March | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 2° / 36°F | 9 mm | 4 |
| April | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 31 mm | 5 |
| May | 81 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 49 mm | 6 |
| June | 55 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 62 mm | 5 |
| July | 44 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 157 mm | 5 |
| August | 67 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 128 mm | 5 |
| September | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 70 mm | 4 |
| October | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 26 mm | 3 |
| November | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 18 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 5 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Changzhi China · 120 km · best in May · 2,011 h sun/yr
- Heze (Dingtao) China · 188 km · best in Oct · 1,793 h sun/yr
- Shijiazhuang China · 197 km · best in Apr · 2,307 h sun/yr
- Taiyuan China · 209 km · best in Apr · 2,404 h sun/yr
- Zhengzhou China · 228 km · best in Apr · 1,685 h sun/yr
- Jining China · 230 km · best in Oct · 1,805 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Anyang China · 73 km · 1,783 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Handan compares month by month: Handan vs Shijiazhuang · Handan vs Heze (Dingtao) · Handan vs Changzhi · all comparisons
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