Ninglang weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · highland city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Ninglang is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with June and July close behind. Ninglang averages about 2,481 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,481
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 943 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈30 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 211k
- Elevation
- 3,277 m

When is the best time to visit Ninglang?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ninglang is May, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 6 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ninglang?
Ninglang gets a moderate 2,481 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate May (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #92 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 943 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -7° / 19°F | 6 mm | 7 |
| February | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -6° / 21°F | 6 mm | 9 |
| March | 30 | 12° / 54°F | -3° / 27°F | 14 mm | 10 |
| April | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 0° / 32°F | 30 mm | 10 |
| May | 74 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 67 mm | 11 |
| June | 66 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 156 mm | 10 |
| July | 66 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 239 mm | 9 |
| August | 60 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 205 mm | 9 |
| September | 55 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 148 mm | 9 |
| October | 48 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 60 mm | 9 |
| November | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -3° / 27°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -6° / 21°F | 3 mm | 6 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lijiang China · 109 km · best in Apr · 2,446 h sun/yr
- Xichang China · 149 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Dali (Xiaguan) China · 215 km · best in Mar · 2,412 h sun/yr
- Baoshan (Longyang) China · 319 km · best in Feb · 2,231 h sun/yr
- Kunming China · 347 km · best in Mar · 2,158 h sun/yr
- Baoshan (Tengchong) China · 368 km · best in Mar · 2,177 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Diqing (Shangri-La) China · 110 km · 2,155 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Panzhihua (Renhe) China · 152 km · 2,458 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Daocheng China · 209 km · 2,852 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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