Climate averages 1991–2020
Karamay weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th 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 Karamay: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wusu (129 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 3.9°C cooler than Karamay, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Karamay ranks joint 311th 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; Karamay is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 13 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
Karamay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | -2.9°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 5.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 15 | 4.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 31.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 4.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 18 | 6.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 31.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 10 | 3.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 11 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 3.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 6.1 | 2.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 8.89 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
- Wusu in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 169 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Tacheng in MayChina · 197 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 234 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 259 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 261 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 273 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 292 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 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 Karamay) is explained once on the Karamay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.