Songyuan weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Songyuan is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with September and June close behind. Songyuan averages about 2,714 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,714
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 462 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈38 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 764k
- Elevation
- 145 m

When is the best time to visit Songyuan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Songyuan is May, then September 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 Songyuan?
Songyuan gets a lot of sun: around 2,714 hours a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate May (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #73 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 462 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -22° / -8°F | 3 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -18° / 0°F | 4 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -9° / 16°F | 9 mm | 3 |
| April | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 0° / 32°F | 17 mm | 4 |
| May | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 51 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 85 mm | 5 |
| July | 75 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 109 mm | 6 |
| August | 77 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 98 mm | 5 |
| September | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 50 mm | 4 |
| October | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 19 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -10° / 14°F | 11 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -20° / -4°F | 6 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Changchun China · 137 km · best in Sep · 2,423 h sun/yr
- Harbin China · 154 km · best in May · 2,492 h sun/yr
- Daqing China · 207 km · best in May · 2,752 h sun/yr
- Tongliao China · 242 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
- Ulanhot China · 243 km · best in May · 2,865 h sun/yr
- Shenyang China · 376 km · best in Sep · 2,299 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Baicheng China · 136 km · 2,822 h sun/yr · best in May
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