Climate averages 1991–2020
Ordos weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th 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 Ordos: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dongsheng (29 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ordos, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ordos ranks joint 738th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ordos is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 39 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
Ordos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.3°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 2.9 | 1.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.1°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 23 | 3.9 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 33 | 4.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 39 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 9.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 92 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 61 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 27 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.0°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 9.49 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
- Dongsheng in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Baotou in MayChina · 116 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Salaqi in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Shiguai in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MayChina · 146 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 208 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 229 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bayan Nur in MayChina · 239 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 16 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 Ordos) is explained once on the Ordos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.