Climate averages 1991–2020
Beichengqu weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet 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 mild month in Beichengqu: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Datong (40 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Beichengqu, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Beichengqu ranks joint 758th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Beichengqu is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 64 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
Beichengqu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.1°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 5.3 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 15 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 28 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 6.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 64 | 10.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 104 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 13.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 3.9°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 13 | 3.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -3.5°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 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
- Datong in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Xuanhua in MayChina · 163 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Yuanping in MayChina · 195 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Salaqi in MayChina · 224 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 35 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 Beichengqu) is explained once on the Beichengqu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.