Climate averages 1991–2020
Wayaobu weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th 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 Wayaobu: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yan’an (62 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Wayaobu, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Wayaobu ranks joint 620th of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 111th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Wayaobu is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 54 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
Wayaobu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 5.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.7°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 116 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 136 | 11.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 9.1°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 18 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 4.1 | 1.3 | 9.710 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
- Yan’an in MayChina · 62 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Yulinshi in MayChina · 129 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Lüliang in MayChina · 138 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Xinzhi in MayChina · 195 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Hancheng in MayChina · 199 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Jiexiu in MayChina · 200 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Linfen in MayChina · 203 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Tongchuanshi in MayChina · 235 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 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 Wayaobu) is explained once on the Wayaobu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.