Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankang weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ankang: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xixiang (122 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ankang, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ankang ranks joint 445th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 396th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ankang is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Ankang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 50 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 124 | 11.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 84 | 10.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 19 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Xixiang in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Chengxiang in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 151 mm rain
- Shangluo in MayChina · 157 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Shiyan in MayChina · 165 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Chenggu in MayChina · 166 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Xi’an in MayChina · 176 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Hanfeng in MayChina · 178 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Xianyang in MayChina · 187 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 74 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 Ankang) is explained once on the Ankang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.