Climate averages 1991–2020
Jincheng weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Jincheng: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Jiaozuo (47 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 3.5°C warmer than Jincheng, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jincheng ranks joint 620th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 132nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jincheng is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 63 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
Jincheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.3°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 12 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 37 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 63 | 7.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 148 | 14.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 26.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 118 | 13.6 | 13.513 h |
| September | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 74 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 39 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 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
- Jiaozuo in MayChina · 47 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Jiyuan in MayChina · 51 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 36.18°N 113.11°E), China in MayChina · 80 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Xinxiang in MayChina · 94 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Luoyang in MayChina · 99 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Changzhi (Shanxi, 35.21°N 111.74°E), China in MayChina · 104 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Zhengzhou in MayChina · 111 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Yima in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 56 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 Jincheng) is explained once on the Jincheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.