Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulanqab weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ulanqab: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beichengqu (62 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ulanqab, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Ulanqab ranks joint 812th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 103rd of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Ulanqab is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 60 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
Ulanqab climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-18.2°C | -18.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | -1.6°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 4.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.5°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 24 | 4.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 7.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 11.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 10 | 2.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | -4.9°C-15.5°C | -15.5°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.39 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
- Beichengqu in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Datong in MayChina · 101 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Hohhot in MayChina · 126 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Zhangjiakou in MayChina · 148 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Xuanhua in MayChina · 168 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Shuozhou in MayChina · 196 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Salaqi in MayChina · 226 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Shiguai in MayChina · 242 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 33 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 Ulanqab) is explained once on the Ulanqab year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.