Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayan Nur weather
in May.
A warm, fairly 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 warm month in Bayan Nur: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuhai (127 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Bayan Nur, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bayan Nur ranks joint 588th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Bayan Nur is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 23 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
Bayan Nur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.4°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 7.8 | 1.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 24.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 16 | 3.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 23 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 45 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 49 | 5.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | -1.7°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 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
- Wuhai in MayChina · 127 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Wuda in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Huinong in MayChina · 176 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Shitanjing in MayChina · 190 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Baotou in MayChina · 207 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Shizuishan in MayChina · 213 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Ordos in MayChina · 239 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Dongsheng in MayChina · 243 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 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 Bayan Nur) is explained once on the Bayan Nur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.