Tumxuk weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Tumxuk is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with October and May close behind. Tumxuk averages about 3,140 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

3,140

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

97/100

Rain / year

100 mm

Midday UV at peak

8 (very high)

Population

136k

Elevation

1,088 m

When is the best time to visit Tumxuk?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tumxuk is April, then October and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tumxuk?

Tumxuk is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,140 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate April (97) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #23 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 57% of the annual 100 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

See Tumxuk on the interactive sunshine globe →

Nearby places for sunshine

• Aksu (Onsu) China · 177 km · best in Apr · 2,693 h sun/yr
• Aral China · 183 km · best in Apr · 3,114 h sun/yr
• Shache China · 262 km · best in Apr · 3,167 h sun/yr
• Kashgar China · 277 km · best in Apr · 3,028 h sun/yr
• Hotan China · 321 km · best in Oct · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Kuqa China · 365 km · best in Apr · 2,857 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Karakol Kyrgyzstan · 300 km · 2,509 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Tumxuk compares month by month: Tumxuk vs Shache · Tumxuk vs Aral · Tumxuk vs Aksu (Onsu) · Tumxuk vs Kashgar · all comparisons