When is the best time to go to Shapotou, Ningxia?

Shapotou, Ningxia is the best place to go in May.

The best time to travel in Shapotou is May every year. At this time, Shapotou has a mild climate, which is very suitable for traveling, and the scenery in Shapotou is also the most beautiful.

May Day is in the best tourist season. You can visit Shatoupo on May Day, and you can play the Yellow River rafting in the Yellow River area. The Yellow River enters Shapotou in Ningxia from Heishanxia, with twists and turns, and the whole drifting journey is more than 6 kilometers. The peaks on both sides of the river are steep and the rivers are undulating.

There are thrilling rapids and dangerous beaches, and there are pleasing long gorges and valleys. You can also ride a camel through the Tengger Desert, surf in the desert by off-road vehicles, and enjoy the wonders of the desert solitary smoke and the long river sunset.

Shapotou is bounded by the Yellow River, with a desert in the north, where you can not only ski, but also ride camels. The south is a gloomy desert oasis, and the traffic between the north and the south of the Yellow River can be driven across the Yellow River Bridge, walked, flew by zip lines crossing the banks of the Yellow River, and crossed by sheepskin rafts, so you can choose freely and have fun.

climate characteristics of Shapotou

Shapotou belongs to temperate continental climate, and belongs to temperate arid climate zone in national natural division. It has the characteristics of drought, little rain, strong evaporation, large temperature difference between hot and cold, sufficient sunshine, windy and sandy, long winter cold, short summer heat, late spring warm, early autumn cool and more meteorological disasters.

The annual average total solar radiation is 6.2×1J/m, the sunshine hours are 2,776.72 hours, and the annual average temperature is 9.6℃. The lowest temperature in January is -25.1℃. The highest temperature in July was 38.1℃, and it reached 63.2℃ in annual range. The accumulated temperature of ≥1℃ was 317℃, and the frost-free period of ≥℃ averaged 179 days.

the annual average precipitation is 186.6mm, and the annual evaporation is 3mm. It is 16 times of the annual average precipitation, with a dryness of 2.4. The annual sandstorm hours are more than 9 hours, and the annual average wind speed is 2.8m/s. The sandstorm days are mostly from March to June, and the maximum wind power can reach 8. Strong winds are often accompanied by sandstorms, which average 5 to 19 days a year.

For the above contents, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shapotou National Nature Reserve in Ningxia.