Climate averages 1991–2020
Bole weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bole: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ghulja (124 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Bole, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Bole ranks joint 670th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 143rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Bole is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 29 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
Bole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.4°C-14.1°C | -14.1°C | 4.2 | 1.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | -2.6°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 6.9 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 6.9°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 17 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 50 | 8.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 29 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 33 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 30 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 26 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 9.610 h |
| December | -4.7°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 6.5 | 2.0 | 8.99 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
- Ghulja in MayChina · 124 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Sarqant in MayKazakhstan · 178 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 188 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Tacheng in MayChina · 217 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 234 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 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 Bole) is explained once on the Bole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.