Climate averages 1991–2020
Qingyang weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th 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 Qingyang: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pingliang (89 km away). In May its highs average 21.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Qingyang, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qingyang ranks joint 735th 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; Qingyang is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 66 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
Qingyang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 6.1 | 2.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 10 | 2.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 21 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 36 | 6.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 51 | 7.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 66 | 7.9 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 122 | 11.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 136 | 12.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 20.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 103 | 10.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 60 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 8.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 20 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 2.5°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 4.3 | 1.5 | 9.810 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
- Pingliang in MayChina · 89 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Guyuan in MayChina · 127 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Tongchuan in MayChina · 149 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Guozhen in MayChina · 152 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Baoji in MayChina · 154 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Xianyang in MayChina · 180 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Yan’an in MayChina · 193 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 46 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 Qingyang) is explained once on the Qingyang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.