Climate averages 1991–2020
Ālā'ĕr weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ālā'ĕr: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (109 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Ālā'ĕr, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ālā'ĕr ranks joint 91st of 884 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ālā'ĕr is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ālā'ĕr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.5°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 13 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 3.0 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -0.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Aqsu in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Xincheng in MayChina · 191 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Tumxuk in MayChina · 202 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Karakol in MayKyrgyzstan · 323 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 360 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 375 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Kageleke in MayChina · 388 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 7.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ālā'ĕr) is explained once on the Ālā'ĕr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.