Climate averages 1991–2020
Pingliang weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Pingliang: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Guyuan (64 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Pingliang, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pingliang ranks 753rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 267th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Pingliang is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 79 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
Pingliang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 8.3 | 2.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 5.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 31 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 25.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 79 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 13.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 20.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 116 | 12.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.1°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 9.810 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
- Guyuan in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Qingyang in MayChina · 89 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Xingguo in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Beidao in MayChina · 130 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Tianshui in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Baoji in MayChina · 140 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Guozhen in MayChina · 144 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Xinxing in MayChina · 150 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 68 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 Pingliang) is explained once on the Pingliang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.