Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Zhangjiajie (Yongding): which is sunnier?
🇨🇳 China vs 🇨🇳 China · 190 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Yichang (Xiaoting) is the sunnier overall: about 1,193 hours of sunshine a year to Zhangjiajie (Yongding)'s 838. Yichang (Xiaoting) has the higher Sunshine Score in 10 of 12 months, Zhangjiajie (Yongding) in 1 (1 within 2 points).
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Yichang (Xiaoting) | Zhangjiajie (Yongding) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 1,193 | 838 |
| Sunniest month | October (69/100) | October (64/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 27/100 | 21/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 56/100 | 55/100 |
| Rain / year | 1,201 mm | 1,476 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 7 (high) | 7 (high) |
Yichang (Xiaoting) vs Zhangjiajie (Yongding) month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yichang (Xiaoting) | Zhangjiajie (Yongding) | Yichang (Xiaoting) | Zhangjiajie (Yongding) | Yichang (Xiaoting) | Zhangjiajie (Yongding) | |
| January | 7 | 0 | 9° | 8° | 29 | 42 |
| February | 26 | 18 | 12° | 11° | 43 | 59 |
| March | 61 | 49 | 18° | 17° | 65 | 94 |
| April | 64 | 56 | 24° | 23° | 116 | 147 |
| May | 58 | 55 | 28° | 27° | 148 | 223 |
| June | 58 | 55 | 31° | 30° | 180 | 229 |
| July | 52 | 55 | 33° | 31° | 196 | 208 |
| August | 58 | 56 | 32° | 31° | 155 | 145 |
| September | 66 | 62 | 28° | 28° | 106 | 114 |
| October | 69 | 64 | 23° | 22° | 87 | 103 |
| November | 56 | 51 | 17° | 17° | 56 | 80 |
| December | 20 | 13 | 11° | 10° | 20 | 32 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan Yichang (Xiaoting) · Feb Yichang (Xiaoting) · Mar Yichang (Xiaoting) · Apr Yichang (Xiaoting) · May Yichang (Xiaoting) · Jun Yichang (Xiaoting) · Jul Zhangjiajie (Yongding) · Aug even · Sep Yichang (Xiaoting) · Oct Yichang (Xiaoting) · Nov Yichang (Xiaoting) · Dec Yichang (Xiaoting).
When to pick which
- November–February: Yichang (Xiaoting) (average score 27/100 vs 21). Daytime highs are similar (12°C vs 12°C). See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Yichang (Xiaoting) (average score 61/100 vs 53). Daytime highs are similar (23°C vs 22°C).
- June–August: too close to call — Yichang (Xiaoting) averages 56/100, Zhangjiajie (Yongding) 55/100. Daytime highs are similar (32°C vs 31°C).
- September–October: Yichang (Xiaoting) (average score 68/100 vs 63). Daytime highs are similar (26°C vs 25°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Yichang (Xiaoting) weather by month · Zhangjiajie (Yongding) weather by month · Best time to visit China.
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