Climate averages 1991–2020
Lingyuan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 warm month in Lingyuan: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chaoyang (96 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Lingyuan, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lingyuan ranks joint 651st of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 151st of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Lingyuan is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 91 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
Lingyuan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.2°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 27 | 4.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 51 | 6.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 91 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 135 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 110 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 43 | 6.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 12 | 2.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | -0.8°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 9.39 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
- Chaoyang in MayChina · 96 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Nanpiao in MayChina · 114 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Chifeng in MayChina · 120 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Chengde in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Beipiao in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Xingcheng in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Huludao in MayChina · 132 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Lianshan in MayChina · 133 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 48 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 Lingyuan) is explained once on the Lingyuan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.