Huatugou weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · small town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Huatugou is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and July close behind. Huatugou averages about 3,381 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,381
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 55 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈24 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 2,898 m
When is the best time to visit Huatugou?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Huatugou is August, then June and July. 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 Huatugou?
Huatugou is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,381 hours of sunshine a year. 98 Sunshine Score points separate August (98) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is a non-event in Huatugou — about 55 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -14° / 7°F | 1 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -11° / 12°F | 1 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 1 mm | 5 |
| April | 41 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| May | 73 | 17° / 63°F | 3° / 37°F | 8 mm | 8 |
| June | 97 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 12 mm | 9 |
| July | 97 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 14 mm | 9 |
| August | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| September | 82 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 6 mm | 7 |
| October | 25 | 11° / 52°F | -2° / 28°F | 1 mm | 5 |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -7° / 19°F | 0 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -12° / 10°F | 1 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dunhuang China · 406 km · best in Apr · 3,390 h sun/yr
- Korla China · 552 km · best in Apr · 3,093 h sun/yr
- Turpan China · 557 km · best in Apr · 2,973 h sun/yr
- Hami China · 569 km · best in Apr · 3,311 h sun/yr
- Qitai China · 672 km · best in Apr · 2,927 h sun/yr
- Jiayuguan China · 673 km · best in May · 2,993 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ruoqiang Town China · 261 km · 3,209 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Golmud China · 403 km · 3,381 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Qiemo China · 469 km · 3,458 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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