Climate averages 1991–2020
Shihezi weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest 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 Shihezi: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (106 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Shihezi, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shihezi ranks joint 483rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 103rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Shihezi is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 21 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
Shihezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.9°C-17.6°C | -17.6°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 9.39 h |
| February | -3.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 6.5 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 37 | 6.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 42 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.5 | 15.515 h |
| July | 32.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 15.215 h |
| August | 31.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 26 | 4.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 28 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 29 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | -6.4°C-13.4°C | -13.4°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 8.99 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
- Changji in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 109 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 119 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 169 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 244 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Korla in MayChina · 283 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Turpan in MayChina · 294 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 7.3 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 Shihezi) is explained once on the Shihezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.