Heze (Dingtao) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Heze (Dingtao) is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with April and May close behind. Heze (Dingtao) averages about 1,793 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 30 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,793
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 681 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈24 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.9M
- Elevation
- 45 m

When is the best time to visit Heze (Dingtao)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Heze (Dingtao) is October, then April and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Heze (Dingtao)?
Heze (Dingtao) isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,793 hours of sunshine a year. 84 Sunshine Score points separate October (84) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #146 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 59% of the annual 681 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -5° / 23°F | 10 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 16 mm | 2 |
| March | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 16 mm | 3 |
| April | 82 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 38 mm | 5 |
| May | 79 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 55 mm | 6 |
| June | 59 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 80 mm | 5 |
| July | 55 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 175 mm | 6 |
| August | 62 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 145 mm | 6 |
| September | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 75 mm | 5 |
| October | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 30 mm | 3 |
| November | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 12 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jining China · 103 km · best in Oct · 1,805 h sun/yr
- Handan China · 188 km · best in Apr · 1,981 h sun/yr
- Zhengzhou China · 188 km · best in Apr · 1,685 h sun/yr
- Xuzhou China · 210 km · best in Oct · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Jinan (Licheng) China · 226 km · best in Oct · 2,012 h sun/yr
- Linyi (Hedong) China · 244 km · best in Oct · 1,915 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Anyang China · 137 km · 1,783 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Heze (Dingtao) compares month by month: Heze (Dingtao) vs Zhengzhou · Heze (Dingtao) vs Handan · Heze (Dingtao) vs Jining · all comparisons
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