Shijiazhuang weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Shijiazhuang is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with October and May close behind. Shijiazhuang averages about 2,307 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

2,307

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

87/100

Rain / year

523 mm

Snow / year

≈16 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

3.9M

Elevation

69 m

When is the best time to visit Shijiazhuang?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Shijiazhuang is April, then October and May. 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 Shijiazhuang?

Shijiazhuang gets a moderate 2,307 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate April (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #106 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 523 mm falls in the three months around July.

Sunshine Score by month

See Shijiazhuang on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Xinzhou China · 155 km · best in Apr · 2,631 h sun/yr
• Taiyuan China · 191 km · best in Apr · 2,404 h sun/yr
• Handan China · 197 km · best in Apr · 1,981 h sun/yr
• Beijing China · 201 km · best in Apr · 2,215 h sun/yr
• Datong China · 224 km · best in May · 2,912 h sun/yr
• Tianjin China · 248 km · best in Apr · 2,211 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Shuozhou China · 206 km · 2,714 h sun/yr · best in May

Head-to-head

How Shijiazhuang compares month by month: Shijiazhuang vs Taiyuan · Shijiazhuang vs Handan · Shijiazhuang vs Xinzhou · all comparisons