Climate averages 1991–2020
Ning’er weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ning’er: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pu'er (29 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Ning’er, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ning’er ranks joint 168th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 644th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ning’er is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 270 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Ning’er climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 35 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 70 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 17.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 270 | 25.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 25.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 397 | 29.3 | 13.413 h |
| August | 25.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 363 | 29.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 239 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 141 | 19.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 20.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| December | 18.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Pu'er in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in MayChina · 117 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Menglang in MayChina · 127 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Lincang in MayChina · 134 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Jianshui in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Möng Yang in MayMyanmar · 193 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in MayMyanmar · 194 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Yuxi in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 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 Ning’er) is explained once on the Ning’er year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.