Heze (Dingtao) vs Handan: which is sunnier?
🇨🇳 China vs 🇨🇳 China · 188 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Handan is the sunnier overall: about 1,981 hours of sunshine a year to Heze (Dingtao)'s 1,793. Handan has the higher Sunshine Score in 3 of 12 months, Heze (Dingtao) in 2 (7 within 2 points).
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Heze (Dingtao) | Handan | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 1,793 | 1,981 |
| Sunniest month | October (84/100) | April (85/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 12/100 | 13/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 59/100 | 55/100 |
| Rain / year | 681 mm | 570 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 6 (high) | 6 (high) |
Heze (Dingtao) vs Handan month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heze (Dingtao) | Handan | Heze (Dingtao) | Handan | Heze (Dingtao) | Handan | |
| January | 0 | 0 | 5° | 4° | 10 | 5 |
| February | 7 | 7 | 9° | 9° | 16 | 10 |
| March | 57 | 66 | 16° | 17° | 16 | 9 |
| April | 82 | 85 | 23° | 25° | 38 | 31 |
| May | 79 | 81 | 30° | 31° | 55 | 49 |
| June | 59 | 55 | 34° | 35° | 80 | 62 |
| July | 55 | 44 | 33° | 35° | 175 | 157 |
| August | 62 | 67 | 32° | 32° | 145 | 128 |
| September | 75 | 77 | 28° | 28° | 75 | 70 |
| October | 84 | 85 | 22° | 22° | 30 | 26 |
| November | 42 | 43 | 14° | 14° | 29 | 18 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 6° | 6° | 12 | 5 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan even · Feb even · Mar Handan · Apr Handan · May even · Jun Heze (Dingtao) · Jul Heze (Dingtao) · Aug Handan · Sep even · Oct even · Nov even · Dec even.
When to pick which
- November–February: too close to call — Heze (Dingtao) averages 12/100, Handan 13/100. Daytime highs are similar (9°C vs 8°C). See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Handan (average score 77/100 vs 73). Daytime highs are similar (23°C vs 24°C).
- June–August: Heze (Dingtao) (average score 59/100 vs 55). Daytime highs are similar (33°C vs 34°C).
- September–October: too close to call — Heze (Dingtao) averages 80/100, Handan 81/100. Daytime highs are similar (25°C vs 25°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Heze (Dingtao) weather by month · Handan weather by month · Best time to visit China.
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