Climate averages 1991–2020
Rikaze weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Rikaze: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thimphu (212 km away). In May its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Rikaze, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Rikaze ranks joint 865th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 33rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Rikaze is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 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
Rikaze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.510 h |
| February | 6.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 13.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 18.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 26 | 6.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 79 | 15.4 | 14.014 h |
| July | 19.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 157 | 23.3 | 13.814 h |
| August | 18.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 13.213 h |
| September | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 79 | 16.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| December | 5.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 10.310 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
- Thimphu in MayBhutan · 212 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 236 mm rain
- Gangtok in MayIndia · 216 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Dārjiling in MayIndia · 254 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 377 mm rain
- Jaigaon in MayIndia · 271 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Lhoka in MayChina · 280 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Siliguri in MayIndia · 286 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Jalpāiguri in MayIndia · 304 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 293 mm rain
- Dharān in MayNepal · 313 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 127 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 Rikaze) is explained once on the Rikaze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.