Climate averages 1991–2020
Turpan weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Turpan: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ürümqi (159 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, 9.4°C cooler than Turpan, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Turpan ranks joint 4th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Turpan is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 9.0 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
Turpan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 15.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 36.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 38.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 36.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.19 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
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 190 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Changji in MayChina · 192 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Korla in MayChina · 282 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 294 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Hami in MayChina · 353 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 398 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 450 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 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 Turpan) is explained once on the Turpan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.