Taiyuan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · major city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Taiyuan is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with May and June close behind. Taiyuan averages about 2,404 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 27 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,404
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 504 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈26 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 4.3M
- Elevation
- 777 m
When is the best time to visit Taiyuan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Taiyuan is April, then May 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 Taiyuan?
Taiyuan gets a moderate 2,404 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate April (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #99 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 504 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -10° / 14°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -6° / 21°F | 7 mm | 2 |
| March | 46 | 14° / 57°F | -2° / 28°F | 9 mm | 4 |
| April | 88 | 21° / 70°F | 4° / 39°F | 27 mm | 5 |
| May | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 11° / 52°F | 38 mm | 6 |
| June | 82 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 60 mm | 6 |
| July | 63 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 125 mm | 6 |
| August | 73 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 108 mm | 6 |
| September | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| October | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 32 mm | 4 |
| November | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -3° / 27°F | 14 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -9° / 16°F | 4 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Xinzhou China · 99 km · best in Apr · 2,631 h sun/yr
- Lüliang China · 131 km · best in May · 2,498 h sun/yr
- Changzhi China · 172 km · best in May · 2,011 h sun/yr
- Shijiazhuang China · 191 km · best in Apr · 2,307 h sun/yr
- Linfen (Yaodu) China · 200 km · best in Apr · 2,370 h sun/yr
- Handan China · 209 km · best in Apr · 1,981 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shuozhou China · 170 km · 2,714 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Taiyuan compares month by month: Taiyuan vs Shijiazhuang · Taiyuan vs Lüliang · Taiyuan vs Changzhi · Taiyuan vs Xinzhou · all comparisons
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