Climate averages 1991–2020
Hancheng weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th 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 Hancheng: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yongji (66 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Hancheng, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Hancheng ranks joint 244th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 128th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Hancheng is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Hancheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 9.1°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 41 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 58 | 6.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 108 | 11.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 104 | 10.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 93 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 8.3 | 2.2 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Yongji in MayChina · 66 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Yuncheng in MayChina · 71 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Sanmenxia in MayChina · 103 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Huayin in MayChina · 105 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Linfen in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MayChina · 122 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Weinan in MayChina · 135 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 53 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 Hancheng) is explained once on the Hancheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.