🇨🇳 Wuwei, China
Wuwei is a mid-sized city in China. Real-Earth coordinates 37.928°, 102.641°, population 493,092. Quiet airspace and open terrain a couple of minutes out — a forgiving place to learn the sticks before you take them somewhere tighter. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Activity in Wuwei
Flying conditions in Wuwei
Sunrise 07:45 · Sunset 18:01 · 10 h 16 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Wuwei through the year
November in Wuwei averages 2.5°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 65% of days are good for flying — about 2 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: April, October, June; January is the most restricted at 0% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C | 9 km/h | 0 | 0% |
| February | -1.6°C | 11 km/h | 1 | 20% |
| March | 3.6°C | 14 km/h | 2 | 84% |
| April | 12.7°C | 19 km/h | 2 | 90% |
| May | 17.7°C | 20 km/h | 6 | 82% |
| June | 22.7°C | 16 km/h | 5 | 85% |
| July | 24.9°C | 15 km/h | 8 | 79% |
| August | 22.4°C | 15 km/h | 9 | 76% |
| September | 17.3°C | 14 km/h | 11 | 75% |
| October | 9.8°C | 12 km/h | 6 | 89% |
| November | 2.5°C | 11 km/h | 2 | 65% |
| December | -5.3°C | 9 km/h | 1 | 2% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Wuwei
🛩 Where to fly a drone in China →
What you can do here
- Fly Wuwei in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 37.928°, 102.641° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Wuwei.