Shannan weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Shannan is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with July and August close behind. Shannan averages about 2,963 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 77 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,963
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 467 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 354k
- Elevation
- 3,937 m
When is the best time to visit Shannan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Shannan is June, then July and August. 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 Shannan?
Shannan gets a lot of sun: around 2,963 hours a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate June (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #44 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 467 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -11° / 12°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -8° / 18°F | 4 mm | 6 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| April | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 21 mm | 8 |
| May | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 38 mm | 9 |
| June | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 77 mm | 10 |
| July | 66 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 136 mm | 10 |
| August | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 96 mm | 10 |
| September | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 58 mm | 9 |
| October | 39 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| November | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -4° / 25°F | 4 mm | 6 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -9° / 16°F | 2 mm | 5 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Lhasa China · 170 km · best in May · 3,630 h sun/yr
- Guwahati India · 268 km · best in Jan · 2,129 h sun/yr
- Paro Bhutan · 309 km · best in Oct · 2,071 h sun/yr
- Sylhet Bangladesh · 388 km · best in Jan · 2,257 h sun/yr
- Imphal India · 435 km · best in Jan · 2,260 h sun/yr
- Siliguri India · 441 km · best in Jan · 2,057 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yongphulla Bhutan · 153 km · 1,907 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Jakar Bhutan · 184 km · 1,971 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Itanagar India · 206 km · 2,123 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- North Lakhimpur India · 213 km · 1,765 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Nyingchi (Mainling) China · 217 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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