Shache weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Shache is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with October and June close behind. Shache averages about 3,167 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,167
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 78 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈13 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 851k
- Elevation
- 1,297 m
When is the best time to visit Shache?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Shache is April, then October and June. 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 Shache?
Shache is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,167 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate April (97) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #19 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is a non-event in Shache — about 78 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 3 mm | 3 |
| March | 65 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| April | 97 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 4 mm | 7 |
| May | 95 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 14 mm | 8 |
| June | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 10 mm | 9 |
| July | 76 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 16 mm | 9 |
| August | 86 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| September | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 9 mm | 6 |
| October | 97 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 2 mm | 4 |
| November | 32 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 2 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 2 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kashgar China · 170 km · best in Apr · 3,028 h sun/yr
- Tumxuk China · 262 km · best in Apr · 3,140 h sun/yr
- Hotan China · 281 km · best in Oct · 3,347 h sun/yr
- Aksu (Onsu) China · 435 km · best in Apr · 2,693 h sun/yr
- Aral China · 436 km · best in Apr · 3,114 h sun/yr
- Osh Kyrgyzstan · 451 km · best in Sep · 2,957 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tashikuergan China · 168 km · 2,950 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Skardu Pakistan · 350 km · 2,127 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Gilgit Pakistan · 354 km · 2,532 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Shache compares month by month: Shache vs Kashgar · Shache vs Hotan · Shache vs Tumxuk · all comparisons
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