Zunyi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇳 China · major city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Zunyi is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 63/100), with September and October close behind. Zunyi averages about 724 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 106 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 724
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 63/100
- Rain / year
- 1,163 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈23 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 2M
- Elevation
- 830 m

When is the best time to visit Zunyi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Zunyi is April, then September and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 26 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Zunyi?
Zunyi isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 724 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate April (63) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #252 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 June, carries about 46% of the annual 1,163 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 26 mm | 2 |
| February | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 26 mm | 3 |
| March | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 57 mm | 4 |
| April | 63 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 106 mm | 5 |
| May | 55 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 174 mm | 6 |
| June | 55 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 199 mm | 6 |
| July | 55 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 165 mm | 8 |
| August | 59 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 125 mm | 7 |
| September | 63 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 107 mm | 6 |
| October | 63 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 104 mm | 4 |
| November | 49 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 49 mm | 3 |
| December | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 25 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Guiyang (Nanming) China · 148 km · best in Apr · 915 h sun/yr
- Tongren (Daxing) China · 203 km · best in Sep · 800 h sun/yr
- Chongqing China · 219 km · best in Mar · 734 h sun/yr
- Luzhou (Yunlong) China · 221 km · best in Mar · 782 h sun/yr
- Xiangxi China · 236 km · best in Sep · 755 h sun/yr
- Yibin (Cuiping) China · 291 km · best in Mar · 795 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kaili (Huangping) China · 119 km · 809 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Bijie China · 185 km · 919 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Wulong China · 189 km · 649 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Zunyi compares month by month: Zunyi vs Chongqing · Zunyi vs Guiyang (Nanming) · Zunyi vs Xingyi · Zunyi vs Tongren (Daxing) · all comparisons
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