Climate averages 1991–2020
Kageleke weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 hot month in Kageleke: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gujangbagh (36 km away). In May its highs average 27.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kageleke, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Kageleke ranks joint 124th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Kageleke is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 8.6 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
Kageleke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 6.7°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 7.8 | 1.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 31.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 14 | 2.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.6 | 1.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.4°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.610 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
- Gujangbagh in MayChina · 36 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Shache in MayChina · 242 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Tumxuk in MayChina · 289 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in MayChina · 388 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Kashgar in MayChina · 397 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Artux in MayChina · 400 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Aqsu in MayChina · 436 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 445 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 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 Kageleke) is explained once on the Kageleke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.