Yan'an (Baota) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Yan'an (Baota) is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with April and June close behind. Yan'an (Baota) averages about 2,402 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 45 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,402
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 578 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈37 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 475k
- Elevation
- 1,252 m
When is the best time to visit Yan'an (Baota)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yan'an (Baota) is May, then April and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yan'an (Baota)?
Yan'an (Baota) gets a moderate 2,402 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate May (85) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #100 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 August, carries about 59% of the annual 578 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -11° / 12°F | 5 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -8° / 18°F | 9 mm | 3 |
| March | 23 | 11° / 52°F | -3° / 27°F | 12 mm | 5 |
| April | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 3° / 37°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| May | 85 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 45 mm | 7 |
| June | 80 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 73 mm | 7 |
| July | 68 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 134 mm | 7 |
| August | 71 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 117 mm | 7 |
| September | 76 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 92 mm | 5 |
| October | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 42 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -4° / 25°F | 17 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 3 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Qingyang (Xifeng) China · 184 km · best in May · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Linfen (Yaodu) China · 199 km · best in Apr · 2,370 h sun/yr
- Lüliang China · 200 km · best in May · 2,498 h sun/yr
- Yuncheng (Yanhu) China · 207 km · best in Apr · 2,020 h sun/yr
- Yulin China · 209 km · best in May · 2,926 h sun/yr
- Xianyang (Weicheng) China · 235 km · best in Apr · 1,835 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Yan'an (Baota) compares month by month: Yan'an (Baota) vs Lüliang · Yan'an (Baota) vs Qingyang (Xifeng) · Yan'an (Baota) vs Yulin · Yan'an (Baota) vs Linfen (Yaodu) · all comparisons
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