Ulanqab weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Ulanqab is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with June and September close behind. Ulanqab averages about 2,946 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,946
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 378 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈40 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 550k
- Elevation
- 1,408 m
When is the best time to visit Ulanqab?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ulanqab is May, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ulanqab?
Ulanqab gets a lot of sun: around 2,946 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #46 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 378 mm falls in the three months around July.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -19° / -2°F | 2 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -15° / 5°F | 3 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -8° / 18°F | 7 mm | 4 |
| April | 47 | 14° / 57°F | -1° / 30°F | 18 mm | 6 |
| May | 90 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 33 mm | 7 |
| June | 86 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 56 mm | 7 |
| July | 78 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 99 mm | 8 |
| August | 83 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 72 mm | 8 |
| September | 86 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 56 mm | 6 |
| October | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 21 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -9° / 16°F | 9 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -17° / 1°F | 2 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hohhot China · 112 km · best in May · 3,039 h sun/yr
- Datong China · 123 km · best in May · 2,912 h sun/yr
- Zhangjiakou China · 159 km · best in May · 2,829 h sun/yr
- Baotou China · 269 km · best in May · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Xinzhou China · 282 km · best in Apr · 2,631 h sun/yr
- Ordos China · 330 km · best in May · 3,002 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shuozhou China · 209 km · 2,714 h sun/yr · best in May
- Erenhot China · 268 km · 3,359 h sun/yr · best in May
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