Climate averages 1991–2020
Tumxuk weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th 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 Tumxuk: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqsu (179 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Tumxuk, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Tumxuk ranks joint 143rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Tumxuk is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.2 mm to 7.8 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
Tumxuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 5.6°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.2 | 1.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 31.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.8 | 2.0 | 14.915 h |
| July | 33.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 32.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 2.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.8 | 1.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.9°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 9.49 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
- Aqsu in MayChina · 179 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 185 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Ālā'ĕr in MayChina · 202 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Shache in MayChina · 225 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Artux in MayChina · 247 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Kashgar in MayChina · 267 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Kageleke in MayChina · 289 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Karakol in MayKyrgyzstan · 297 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 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 Tumxuk) is explained once on the Tumxuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.