Ordos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Ordos is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with June and September close behind. Ordos averages about 3,002 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,002
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 386 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈33 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 1.9M
- Elevation
- 1,394 m
When is the best time to visit Ordos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ordos is May, then June and September. 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 Ordos?
Ordos is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,002 hours of sunshine a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate May (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #38 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 386 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -16° / 3°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -12° / 10°F | 5 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -6° / 21°F | 8 mm | 4 |
| April | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 1° / 34°F | 17 mm | 6 |
| May | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| June | 87 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 51 mm | 8 |
| July | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 88 mm | 8 |
| August | 80 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 89 mm | 7 |
| September | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 60 mm | 6 |
| October | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 1° / 34°F | 21 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -7° / 19°F | 11 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -15° / 5°F | 2 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Baotou China · 119 km · best in May · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Yulin China · 128 km · best in May · 2,926 h sun/yr
- Hohhot China · 225 km · best in May · 3,039 h sun/yr
- Lüliang China · 230 km · best in May · 2,498 h sun/yr
- Wuhai China · 264 km · best in May · 3,229 h sun/yr
- Xinzhou China · 286 km · best in Apr · 2,631 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bayannur China · 240 km · 3,209 h sun/yr · best in May
- Shuozhou China · 245 km · 2,714 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Ordos compares month by month: Ordos vs Hohhot · Ordos vs Baotou · Ordos vs Yulin · Ordos vs Wuhai · all comparisons
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