Climate averages 1991–2020
Salaqi 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 Salaqi: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 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 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiguai (26 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 2.0°C cooler than Salaqi, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Salaqi ranks joint 683rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Salaqi is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 46 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
Salaqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 1.5°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 25 | 3.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 35 | 4.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 101 | 9.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 94 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 68 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.1°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | -2.5°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 9.39 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
- Shiguai in MayChina · 26 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Baotou in MayChina · 58 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Dongsheng in MayChina · 93 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Ordos in MayChina · 121 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 212 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Beichengqu in MayChina · 224 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ulanqab in MayChina · 226 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 42 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 Salaqi) is explained once on the Salaqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.