Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacheng weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th 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 Tacheng: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karamay (197 km away). In May its highs average 26.6°C, 4.4°C warmer than Tacheng, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tacheng ranks joint 732nd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 42nd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Tacheng is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 28 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
Tacheng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 28 | 5.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 20 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 24 | 5.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 41 | 7.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | -2.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 29 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Karamay in MayChina · 197 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Sarqant in MayKazakhstan · 277 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 290 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 340 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 341 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 345 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in MayKazakhstan · 360 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.1°C · 52 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 Tacheng) is explained once on the Tacheng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.