Yichang (Xiaoting) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Yichang (Xiaoting) is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with September and April close behind. Yichang (Xiaoting) averages about 1,193 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 87 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,193
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 1,201 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈21 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 195 m
When is the best time to visit Yichang (Xiaoting)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yichang (Xiaoting) is October, then September and April. The dullest month is January (7/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yichang (Xiaoting)?
Yichang (Xiaoting) isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,193 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate October (69) from January (7), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #215 of 254 destinations in China for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,110 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 44% of the annual 1,201 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| February | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 43 mm | 3 |
| March | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| April | 64 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 116 mm | 5 |
| May | 58 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 148 mm | 5 |
| June | 58 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 180 mm | 6 |
| July | 52 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 196 mm | 7 |
| August | 58 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 155 mm | 7 |
| September | 66 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 106 mm | 5 |
| October | 69 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 87 mm | 4 |
| November | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| December | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 20 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jingzhou (Shashi) China · 97 km · best in Oct · 1,248 h sun/yr
- Changde (Dingcheng) China · 182 km · best in Oct · 909 h sun/yr
- Zhangjiajie (Yongding) China · 190 km · best in Oct · 838 h sun/yr
- Enshi (Enshi) China · 193 km · best in Oct · 937 h sun/yr
- Xiangyang (Xiangzhou) China · 194 km · best in Oct · 1,451 h sun/yr
- Yueyang (Yueyanglou) China · 222 km · best in Oct · 1,145 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Shennongjia (Hongping) China · 161 km · 1,243 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wushan China · 179 km · 1,160 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Yichang (Xiaoting) compares month by month: Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Changde (Dingcheng) · Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Xiangyang (Xiangzhou) · Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Jingzhou (Shashi) · Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Zhangjiajie (Yongding) · all comparisons
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