Qiqihar weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Qiqihar is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with September and August close behind. Qiqihar averages about 2,758 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 41 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,758
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 466 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈39 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 1.6M
- Elevation
- 144 m
When is the best time to visit Qiqihar?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Qiqihar is May, then September and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Qiqihar?
Qiqihar gets a lot of sun: around 2,758 hours a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate May (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #64 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 466 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -23° / -9°F | 3 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -20° / -4°F | 4 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -10° / 14°F | 7 mm | 3 |
| April | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 21 mm | 4 |
| May | 88 | 22° / 72°F | 8° / 46°F | 41 mm | 5 |
| June | 78 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 95 mm | 5 |
| July | 71 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 130 mm | 6 |
| August | 80 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 83 mm | 5 |
| September | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| October | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 17 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 7 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -21° / -6°F | 6 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Daqing China · 107 km · best in May · 2,752 h sun/yr
- Ulanhot China · 185 km · best in May · 2,865 h sun/yr
- Harbin China · 253 km · best in May · 2,492 h sun/yr
- Hailar China · 374 km · best in Jun · 3,019 h sun/yr
- Changchun China · 385 km · best in Sep · 2,423 h sun/yr
- Tongliao China · 430 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zhalantun China · 111 km · 2,756 h sun/yr · best in May
- Baicheng China · 204 km · 2,822 h sun/yr · best in May
- Wudalianchi China · 213 km · 2,637 h sun/yr · best in May
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