Yancheng (Tinghu) vs Yangzhou: which is sunnier?
🇨🇳 China vs 🇨🇳 China · 106 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Yancheng (Tinghu) is the sunnier overall: about 1,658 hours of sunshine a year to Yangzhou's 1,560. Yangzhou has the higher Sunshine Score in 3 of 12 months, Yancheng (Tinghu) 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
| Yancheng (Tinghu) | Yangzhou | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 1,658 | 1,560 |
| Sunniest month | April (79/100) | October (77/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 13/100 | 18/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 62/100 | 60/100 |
| Rain / year | 1,028 mm | 1,101 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 7 (high) | 7 (high) |
Yancheng (Tinghu) vs Yangzhou month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yancheng (Tinghu) | Yangzhou | Yancheng (Tinghu) | Yangzhou | Yancheng (Tinghu) | Yangzhou | |
| January | 0 | 0 | 6° | 7° | 31 | 44 |
| February | 7 | 13 | 9° | 10° | 38 | 51 |
| March | 47 | 45 | 15° | 15° | 44 | 57 |
| April | 79 | 74 | 21° | 22° | 52 | 73 |
| May | 74 | 73 | 27° | 27° | 76 | 79 |
| June | 64 | 60 | 30° | 31° | 134 | 154 |
| July | 61 | 60 | 31° | 32° | 240 | 231 |
| August | 61 | 60 | 31° | 31° | 180 | 167 |
| September | 71 | 70 | 27° | 28° | 94 | 95 |
| October | 79 | 77 | 22° | 23° | 51 | 56 |
| November | 45 | 51 | 15° | 16° | 56 | 59 |
| December | 0 | 7 | 8° | 9° | 32 | 35 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan even · Feb Yangzhou · Mar even · Apr Yancheng (Tinghu) · May even · Jun Yancheng (Tinghu) · Jul even · Aug even · Sep even · Oct even · Nov Yangzhou · Dec Yangzhou.
When to pick which
- November–February: Yangzhou (average score 18/100 vs 13). Daytime highs are similar (10°C vs 11°C). See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Yancheng (Tinghu) (average score 67/100 vs 64). Daytime highs are similar (21°C vs 21°C).
- June–August: too close to call — Yancheng (Tinghu) averages 62/100, Yangzhou 60/100. Daytime highs are similar (31°C vs 31°C).
- September–October: too close to call — Yancheng (Tinghu) averages 75/100, Yangzhou 74/100. Daytime highs are similar (25°C vs 26°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Yancheng (Tinghu) weather by month · Yangzhou weather by month · Best time to visit China.
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