Shiquanhe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · small town · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Shiquanhe is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with August close behind. Shiquanhe averages about 3,781 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,781
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 114 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 25k
- Elevation
- 4,271 m
When is the best time to visit Shiquanhe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Shiquanhe is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 7 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Shiquanhe?
Shiquanhe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,781 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate July (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Shiquanhe is the sunniest of the 254 destinations tracked in China. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 114 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -18° / 0°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -17° / 1°F | 7 mm | 5 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| May | 25 | 11° / 52°F | -2° / 28°F | 6 mm | 11 |
| June | 73 | 17° / 63°F | 1° / 34°F | 11 mm | 12 |
| July | 95 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 29 mm | 12 |
| August | 95 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 29 mm | 11 |
| September | 57 | 15° / 59°F | 0° / 32°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -6° / 21°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -11° / 12°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -16° / 3°F | 3 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Dehradun (Jauligrant) India · 277 km · best in Nov · 2,883 h sun/yr
- Chandigarh India · 348 km · best in Nov · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Ghaziabad India · 457 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- Nepalgunj Nepal · 470 km · best in Nov · 2,459 h sun/yr
- New Delhi India · 486 km · best in Nov · 2,630 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 494 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kullu India · 275 km · 2,616 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Simikot Nepal · 290 km · 2,660 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Leh India · 325 km · 3,079 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Silgadi Doti Nepal · 326 km · 2,883 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Pantnagar India · 345 km · 2,756 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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