Climate averages 1991–2020
Ürümqi weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 mild month in Ürümqi: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Changji (33 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 3.4°C warmer than Ürümqi, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ürümqi ranks joint 743rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 178th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ürümqi is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 40 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
Ürümqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | -1.2°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 12 | 3.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 7.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 49 | 7.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 54 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 43 | 6.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 42 | 6.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 4.8°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 24 | 5.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | -2.7°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 13 | 3.2 | 9.09 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 · 33 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 41 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 137 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Turpan in MayChina · 159 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 244 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Korla in MayChina · 256 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 292 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 353 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 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 Ürümqi) is explained once on the Ürümqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.