Climate averages 1991–2020
Jinshanlu weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Jinshanlu: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (353 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 8.0°C warmer than Jinshanlu, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Jinshanlu ranks joint 854th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Jinshanlu is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 21 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
Jinshanlu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.8°C-18.6°C | -18.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -3.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 11 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 23 | 5.1 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 18.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 4.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 4.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 18.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 22 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 25 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | -0.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 6.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | -7.1°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 21 | 5.2 | 8.58 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
- Karamay in MayChina · 353 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Tacheng in MayChina · 409 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 413 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 426 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 432 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 452 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 464 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in MayKazakhstan · 468 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.1°C · 52 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 Jinshanlu) is explained once on the Jinshanlu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.