Climate averages 1991–2020
Shache weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th 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 Shache: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kashgar (159 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Shache, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shache ranks joint 190th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shache is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 10 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
Shache climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 10 | 2.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.8°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.510 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
- Kashgar in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Artux in MayChina · 170 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Tumxuk in MayChina · 225 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Kageleke in MayChina · 242 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Gujangbagh in MayChina · 278 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Aqsu in MayChina · 403 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 408 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in MayChina · 418 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 6.6 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 Shache) is explained once on the Shache year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.