Climate averages 1991–2020
Shitanjing 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 Shitanjing: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shizuishan (28 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 2.3°C warmer than Shitanjing, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Shitanjing ranks joint 712th 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; Shitanjing is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 35 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
Shitanjing climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 5.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 6.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | -0.6°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.59 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
- Shizuishan in MayChina · 28 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Huinong in MayChina · 37 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Wuda in MayChina · 43 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Wuhai in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Bayan Hot in MayChina · 73 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Xigang in MayChina · 76 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Yinchuan in MayChina · 85 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Wuzhong in MayChina · 139 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 20 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 Shitanjing) is explained once on the Shitanjing year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.