Climate averages 1991–2020
Korla weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th 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 Korla: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (256 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, 5.4°C cooler than Korla, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Korla ranks joint 179th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Korla is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 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
Korla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.510 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 31.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 7.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 9.29 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
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 256 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 267 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Xincheng in MayChina · 267 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Turpan in MayChina · 282 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 283 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 289 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 301 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 320 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 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 Korla) is explained once on the Korla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.