Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinchang weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Jinchang: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wuwei (74 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Jinchang, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinchang ranks joint 688th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jinchang is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 23 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
Jinchang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 3.7°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 4.0 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 7.9 | 2.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 15 | 4.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 23 | 5.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 33 | 6.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 0.7°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.510 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
- Wuwei in MayChina · 74 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhangye in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Qiaotou in MayChina · 180 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Xining in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Nianbo in MayChina · 226 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Baiyin in MayChina · 279 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Zhongwei in MayChina · 285 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in MayChina · 304 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 31 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 Jinchang) is explained once on the Jinchang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.