Monthly Sunshine Hours of Major Cities (2000)

(hour)
City Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual Average

Beijing

170.9 230.8 275.5 248.8 304.8 275.2 232.3 186.9 239.3 170.0 159.5 173.2 2667.2

Tianjin

132.4 194.2 220.3 220.2 262.6 252.2 208.8 155.7 209.4 143.7 129.3 119.0 2247.8

Shijiazhuang

114.3 149.6 214.6 233.6 240.1 188.5 183.6 176.7 218.1 119.2 79.3 90.2 2007.8

Taiyuan

159.7 216.4 262.2 268.5 290.8 205.1 215.7 184.7 202.6 145.0 130.7 157.3 2438.7

Hohhot

118.3 193.1 275.2 273.2 296.7 300.0 266.2 225.3 253.1 201.9 171.9 166.2 2741.1

Shenyang

116.0 197.6 234.1 216.2 225.8 263.7 241.4 188.4 222.8 196.1 149.3 115.3 2366.7

Dalian

182.7 220.3 279.2 272.9 263.3 290.5 219.4 213.7 273.4 186.7 148.2 154.2 2704.5

Changchun

159.0 218.0 248.3 218.0 267.4 293.5 236.8 222.3 247.0 230.9 196.0 174.3 2711.5

Harbin

99.2 180.6 202.5 210.9 224.4 309.1 278.3 229.8 242.7 230.0 168.1 130.9 2506.5

Shanghai

87.8 121.6 146.8 154.3 180.7 129.3 213.4 172.0 142.5 96.4 99.6 105.1 1649.5

Nanjing

89.4 148.0 179.9 204.6 220.4 173.7 256.4 181.3 157.1 92.2 120.1 110.2 1933.3

Hangzhou

61.9 65.4 119.7 150.9 197.3 138.0 238.6 184.2 124.4 64.6 72.6 96.2 1513.8

Hefei

70.1 127.9 166.8 212.9 209.2 161.2 242.5 122.1 127.7 72.9 100.8 90.4 1704.5

Fuzhou

87.1 21.4 96.0 86.1 188.0 174.1 202.1 153.7 200.1 89.8 57.3 93.8 1449.5

Nanchang

65.3 26.6 82.7 86.6 213.9 197.2 298.2 202.1 201.9 104.6 123.6 109.6 1712.3

Jinan

129.1 183.7 239.5 236.9 245.5 205.3 192.3 198.3 208.3 120.1 140.7 134.2 2233.9

Qingdao

140.8 212.6 242.1 241.5 215.0 212.8 199.9 185.7 210.6 177.4 142.2 180.0 2360.6

Zhenzhou

85.8 141.7 222.1 232.3 237.6 196.9 152.7 154.2 135.9 95.7 113.4 112.1 1880.4

Wuhan

69.5 78.4 148.7 158.4 198.3 171.4 256.2 199.6 156.7 102.1 117.1 95.8 1752.2

Changsha

46.1 26.9 71.9 58.1 157.8 148.7 279.0 148.2 117.7 52.9 114.1 74.5 1295.9

Guangzhou

109.2 62.2 93.2 49.3 106.7 179.4 203.6 130.5 185.1 137.6 139.2 213.2 1609.2

Nanning

56.5 22.1 43.2 71.6 126.6 135.3 228.1 211.0 175.3 118.5 163.6 126.4 1478.2

Haikou

64.9 77.4 143.0 154.9 170.4 233.7 235.2 209.5 188.7 147.7 93.0 81.6 1800.0

Guilin

52.8 21.7 35.5 66.6 135.5 133.3 243.2 213.3 197.2 110.0 136.9 126.8 1472.8

Chongqing


30.2 75.6 79.2 183.9 82.4 168.4 80.7 76.3 90.2 59.9 34.3 961.1

Chengdu

6.0 33.6 83.7 91.5 179.3 86.2 134.0 117.3 82.0 61.3 62.2 73.1 1010.2

Guiyang

35.6 3.7 61.4 56.3 157.6 109.4 164.9 113.2 119.2 73.6 117.1 56.2 1068.2

Kunming

193.0 222.8 217.0 208.1 156.7 79.4 133.2 117.0 132.2 117.8 226.8 191.5 1995.5

Lhasa

221.4 232.7 267.0 214.5 220.1 227.6 154.4 144.5 209.7 274.4 248.8 257.8 2672.9

Xi'an

39.8 54.5 144.6 124.6 178.3 97.2 128.1 157.9 80.2 24.4 22.5 39.8 1091.9

Lanzhou

186.3 189.5 245.5 255.3 301.9 229.5 326.0 263.4 152.8 162.5 157.2 187.4 2657.3

Xining

185.1 188.2 210.7 227.8 259.0 213.5 286.1 244.4 133.3 197.9 192.1 196.1 2534.2

Yinchuan

175.5 205.6 227.1 245.3 284.9 222.9 321.3 279.8 200.0 190.0 202.1 204.8 2759.3

Urumqi

112.1 173.5 230.4 287.4 307.3 268.4 277.6 282.9 266.3 167.3 99.8 97.5 2570.5