Climate averages 1991–2020
Hami weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th 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 Hami: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunhuang (312 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Hami, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hami ranks joint 190th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Hami is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.6 mm to 4.9 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
Hami climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.7°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 5.4 | 1.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.1°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.19 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
- Dunhuang in MayChina · 312 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Turpan in MayChina · 353 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Laojunmiao in MayChina · 486 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 490 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 505 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 517 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Jiayuguan in MayChina · 522 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Jiuquan in MayChina · 542 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 11 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 Hami) is explained once on the Hami year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.