Yushu (Batang) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · alpine / mountain city · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Yushu (Batang) is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with July and June close behind. Yushu (Batang) averages about 3,261 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 96 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,261
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 533 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 141k
- Elevation
- 3,897 m
When is the best time to visit Yushu (Batang)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Yushu (Batang) is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 4 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Yushu (Batang)?
Yushu (Batang) is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,261 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate August (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 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 58% of the annual 533 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -15° / 5°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -12° / 10°F | 5 mm | 6 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -7° / 19°F | 11 mm | 8 |
| April | 16 | 10° / 50°F | -3° / 27°F | 20 mm | 10 |
| May | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 0° / 32°F | 62 mm | 10 |
| June | 72 | 19° / 66°F | 3° / 37°F | 107 mm | 10 |
| July | 79 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 107 mm | 10 |
| August | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 96 mm | 10 |
| September | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 83 mm | 9 |
| October | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -9° / 16°F | 4 mm | 5 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -14° / 7°F | 2 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Xining China · 614 km · best in May · 2,548 h sun/yr
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) China · 701 km · best in Oct · 891 h sun/yr
- Lhasa China · 703 km · best in May · 3,630 h sun/yr
- Lanzhou (Yongdeng) China · 728 km · best in May · 2,679 h sun/yr
- Xichang China · 731 km · best in Feb · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Mianyang (Fucheng) China · 742 km · best in Apr · 850 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bangda China · 254 km · 3,361 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Garzê (Garzê) China · 265 km · 3,358 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Golog (Maqên) China · 350 km · 2,869 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Golmud China · 447 km · 3,381 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Nyingchi (Mainling) China · 470 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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