Climate averages 1991–2020
Dongsheng weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Dongsheng: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ordos (29 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Dongsheng, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dongsheng ranks joint 767th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 47th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Dongsheng is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 45 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
Dongsheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 0.5°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 5.2 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 15 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 24 | 4.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 34 | 5.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 8.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 95 | 10.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 19.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 12.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 4.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 9.49 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
- Ordos in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Salaqi in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Baotou in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Shiguai in MayChina · 102 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MayChina · 171 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 180 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 217 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bayan Nur in MayChina · 243 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 16 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 Dongsheng) is explained once on the Dongsheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.