Qiemo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · small town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Qiemo is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with April and May close behind. Qiemo averages about 3,458 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,458
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 40 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 1,214 m

When is the best time to visit Qiemo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Qiemo is October, then April and May. 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 Qiemo?
Qiemo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,458 hours of sunshine a year. 100 Sunshine Score points separate October (100) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is a non-event in Qiemo — about 40 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -8° / 18°F | 1 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 1 mm | 3 |
| March | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 1 mm | 5 |
| April | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 2 mm | 6 |
| May | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 5 mm | 8 |
| June | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 10 mm | 9 |
| July | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 23° / 73°F | 10 mm | 9 |
| August | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 8 |
| September | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| October | 100 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 1 mm | 5 |
| November | 25 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 1 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 1 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Korla China · 380 km · best in Apr · 3,093 h sun/yr
- Aral China · 436 km · best in Apr · 3,114 h sun/yr
- Kuqa China · 442 km · best in Apr · 2,857 h sun/yr
- Hotan China · 511 km · best in Oct · 3,347 h sun/yr
- Aksu (Onsu) China · 556 km · best in Apr · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Tumxuk China · 568 km · best in Apr · 3,140 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ruoqiang Town China · 236 km · 3,209 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Yutian China · 361 km · 3,111 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Huatugou China · 469 km · 3,381 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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