Climate averages 1991–2020
Huocheng weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the wettest 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 Huocheng: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ghulja (39 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Huocheng, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Huocheng ranks joint 660th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 33rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Huocheng is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 22 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
Huocheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.8°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 15 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 25 | 5.9 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 26 | 5.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 22 | 4.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 18 | 4.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.3°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 13 | 4.1 | 9.09 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 · 39 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 40 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Sarqant in MayKazakhstan · 169 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 203 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in MayKazakhstan · 225 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Karakol in MayKyrgyzstan · 265 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 306 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 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 Huocheng) is explained once on the Huocheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.