Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiqihar weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Qiqihar: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hulan Ergi (29 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Qiqihar, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiqihar ranks joint 778th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 58th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Qiqihar is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 77 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
Qiqihar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.0°C-23.3°C | -23.3°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | -6.7°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 3.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 7.3 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 23 | 4.1 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 | 10.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 129 | 13.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 98 | 10.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 55 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | -1.5°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 5.6 | 1.9 | 9.49 h |
| December | -11.3°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.59 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
- Hulan Ergi in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Longjiang in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Fuyu (Heilongjiang), China in MayChina · 63 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Daqing in MayChina · 115 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Zhalantun in MayChina · 118 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Longfeng in MayChina · 125 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Honggang in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Anda in MayChina · 142 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 41 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 Qiqihar) is explained once on the Qiqihar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.