Xinzhou weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Xinzhou is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with May and June close behind. Xinzhou averages about 2,631 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 25 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,631
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 515 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈32 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 545k
- Elevation
- 776 m
When is the best time to visit Xinzhou?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Xinzhou 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 Xinzhou?
Xinzhou gets a lot of sun: around 2,631 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate April (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #80 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 515 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -12° / 10°F | 3 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -8° / 18°F | 7 mm | 2 |
| March | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -2° / 28°F | 10 mm | 4 |
| April | 90 | 21° / 70°F | 4° / 39°F | 25 mm | 5 |
| May | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 41 mm | 6 |
| June | 82 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 70 mm | 6 |
| July | 71 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 130 mm | 6 |
| August | 74 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 112 mm | 6 |
| September | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| October | 74 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| November | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 14 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 3 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Taiyuan China · 99 km · best in Apr · 2,404 h sun/yr
- Shijiazhuang China · 155 km · best in Apr · 2,307 h sun/yr
- Datong China · 169 km · best in May · 2,912 h sun/yr
- Lüliang China · 189 km · best in May · 2,498 h sun/yr
- Changzhi China · 262 km · best in May · 2,011 h sun/yr
- Handan China · 264 km · best in Apr · 1,981 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shuozhou China · 79 km · 2,714 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Xinzhou compares month by month: Xinzhou vs Taiyuan · Xinzhou vs Shijiazhuang · Xinzhou vs Datong · all comparisons
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