Climate averages 1991–2020
Chifeng weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th 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 Chifeng: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wūdān (74 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Chifeng, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Chifeng ranks joint 683rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 98th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Chifeng is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 72 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
Chifeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.7°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 7.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 41 | 5.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 27.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 72 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 107 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 69 | 8.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 37 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 9.1 | 2.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 1.6 | 0.6 | 9.29 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
- Wūdān in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Lingyuan in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Chaoyang in MayChina · 146 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Beipiao in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Chengde in MayChina · 169 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Nanpiao in MayChina · 197 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Jinzhou in MayChina · 222 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Fuxin in MayChina · 224 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 51 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 Chifeng) is explained once on the Chifeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.