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When to go to Shangri-La
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Shangri-La has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to March.
- The warmest month is June (19°C) and the coolest January (4°C). The wettest is July (192 mm) and the driest December (3 mm); about 768 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayCool
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptCool
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Shangri-La
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | -9°C | 6 mm | 68% | 44% | 4 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 6°C | -7°C | 11 mm | 67% | 56% | 4.3 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 9°C | -5°C | 27 mm | 67% | 69% | 4.5 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 13°C | -2°C | 42 mm | 67% | 78% | 4.6 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 17°C | 3°C | 58 mm | 66% | 79% | 5 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 19°C | 7°C | 108 mm | 72% | 87% | 4.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 18°C | 8°C | 192 mm | 79% | 94% | 4.3 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 18°C | 8°C | 162 mm | 81% | 90% | 4.5 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 16°C | 6°C | 101 mm | 82% | 87% | 4 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 13°C | 1°C | 49 mm | 78% | 64% | 4.1 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 8°C | -5°C | 9 mm | 72% | 41% | 4.2 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 5°C | -8°C | 3 mm | 69% | 35% | 4 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Panzhihua242 kmGood for going: February to May, October and November
- Xichang251 kmGood for going: March to May
- Baoshan306 kmGood for going: February to June and September to November
- Chuxiong360 kmGood for going: February to June and September to November
- Zhaotong399 kmGood for going: March to May, September and October
- Ya'an400 kmGood for going: April, May and October
- Jianshui423 kmGood for going: February to June and September to November
- Kunming431 kmGood for going: March to June and September to November
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