Zhengzhou weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇳 China · major city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Zhengzhou is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with October and May close behind. Zhengzhou averages about 1,685 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 40 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

1,685

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

81/100

Rain / year

689 mm

Snow / year

≈32 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

4.3M

Elevation

147 m

When is the best time to visit Zhengzhou?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Zhengzhou is April, then October and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Zhengzhou?

Zhengzhou isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,685 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate April (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #156 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 August, carries about 54% of the annual 689 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Luoyang (Laocheng) China · 136 km · best in Apr · 1,752 h sun/yr
• Heze (Dingtao) China · 188 km · best in Oct · 1,793 h sun/yr
• Changzhi China · 202 km · best in May · 2,011 h sun/yr
• Nanyang (Wancheng) China · 206 km · best in Apr · 1,452 h sun/yr
• Handan China · 228 km · best in Apr · 1,981 h sun/yr
• Fuyang China · 253 km · best in Oct · 1,448 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Anyang China · 160 km · 1,783 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Xinyang China · 222 km · 1,434 h sun/yr · best in Oct

Head-to-head

How Zhengzhou compares month by month: Zhengzhou vs Heze (Dingtao) · Zhengzhou vs Fuyang · Zhengzhou vs Luoyang (Laocheng) · Zhengzhou vs Changzhi · all comparisons